Whole School Approach
Culture, Curriculum and Campus: explore our framework for a whole school approach to sustainability
Becoming a sustainable school is a journey. Each school will follow their own path and find solutions that suit their situation.
Becoming a sustainable school is about making a community commitment to integrate sustainability principles and practises across the whole school.
For decades, research has supported a whole school approach to sustainability, as a framework to systematically address the complexity of education for sustainability and achieve long term behaviour and organisational change. There are many different frameworks and definitions for understanding a whole school approach to sustainability.
At Sustainable Schools NSW we consider a whole school approach to sustainability that involve three key elements: Culture, Curriculum and Campus.
Cross Curriculum
Sustainability is a cross-curriculum priority. Learning is taken outside and builds a student’s connection to place.
Policies
Sustainability guidelines and frameworks for different school sectors.
Planning
By planning for sustainability, schools create an achievable framework to manage their resources and sustainability goals
Monitoring
By planning for sustainability, schools create an achievable framework to manage their resources and sustainability goals
Earthcare Challenge
Sustainability is a cross-curriculum priority. Learning is taken outside and builds a student’s connection to place.
