Embedding Education for Sustainable Development in higher education
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) is celebrating 25 years of championing UK quality and standards. In this article, originally published on the QAA website, Dr Rehema White,… [read more]
GTC Scotland and Learning for Sustainability Scotland launch resources to help teachers engage with Learning for Sustainability and their Professional Standards
GTC Scotland, the independent professional and regulatory body for teachers in Scotland, has launched a Learning for Sustainability Hub in partnership with Learning for Sustainability Scotland. The Hub is designed to help teachers… [read more]
Hearts, heads and hands: Learning for Sustainability Scotland co-hosts the 12th RCE Global Conference
“There has never been a more urgent need for the combined skills and knowledge of the global Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) in Education for Sustainable Development network. Our world… [read more]
Learning our way to a sustainable future
Can the coronavirus pandemic be viewed as a ‘fire drill’ for what is likely to follow from the climate and biodiversity emergencies? In issue 84 of Teaching Scotland, GTC Scotland’s Ken… [read more]
Forested schools: rewilding unused playing field land in Fife, Scotland
Here newly elected LfS Scotland Steering Group member, Duncan Zuill, explores the potential for Scotland’s school grounds to play their part in responding to the global climate and ecological crisis…. [read more]
Learning for sustainability: What’s maths got to do with it?
LfS Scotland member Corinne Angier has been sponsored by the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science and Scotdec in Edinburgh to undertake a research PhD at The University of Stirling…. [read more]
Joy: Why is the natural world worth saving?
The air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat all rely on the natural world, but right now it is in crisis. In a landmark recent… [read more]
Learning for Sustainability – Beyond the Elevator Pitch
‘Learning for Sustainability’ – it’s a broad, embracing term. An umbrella, a basket, a bag of concepts and practices that LfS Scotland member Rob Bushby’s brief elevator pitch tried to… [read more]
Learning for Sustainability: Elevator pitch
“Ok, give me your elevator pitch for Learning for Sustainability”. I floundered. “First floor, ding”, my challenger prodded. I trotted out something about being equitable and compatible with a sustainable… [read more]
Pete Higgins: ‘Citizens in waiting’ – climate strikes and caring for our planet
Peter Higgins, Professor of Outdoor & Environmental Education, Director of the Global Environment & Society Academy and Director of Learning for Sustainability Scotland shares his views on education and the recent school climate… [read more]