Whole School Approach

Culture, Curriculum and Campus: explore our framework for a whole school approach to sustainability

 

Learn how a whole school approach to sustainability supports long term change

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.

 

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Cross Curriculum

Sustainability is a cross-curriculum priority for the Australian curriculum.

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Outcomes

Explore the framework for a whole school approach to school sustainability: culture, curriculum and campus.

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Planning

By planning for sustainability, schools create an achievable framework to manage their resources and sustainability goals

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Monitoring

By planning for sustainability, schools create an achievable framework to manage their resources and sustainability goals

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Earthcare Challenges

Take the 52 Earthcare Challenges

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Sustainability Action Process

Explore this project learning based approach to teaching sustainability, with units designed for primary and secondary students.