‘Learning for a Sustainable Future’ – free online course
This popular free five-week massive open access online course (MOOC), for educators and everyone with an interest in sustainability, starts again on 14th March 2022. How to live a sustainable life affects – and connects – us all. Learn more about current global issues and consider how we can all take action, personally or locally. The... [read more]
Join the LfS conversation: monthly Drop-In sessions with GTC Scotland
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education. In Scotland, the Professional Standards for Teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership. We're working with GTC Scotland to develop a Learning for Sustainability Hub to help teachers... [read more]
Climate Crisis: a reflection by the Multi-generational Resilience Wisdom Council
Next Thursday, March 24 2022, the Alliance for Intergenerational Resilience (AIR) invites you to witness the 2nd Multi-generational Resilience Wisdom Council. This council brings together youth and Elders from different communities and traditions across Turtle Island and Alba (Scotland) along with Maori knowledge holders living on Turtle Island to share their wisdom, insights, and lessons from... [read more]
Planting the Seeds: Whole-Institution Approaches to Implementing ESD in Further and Higher Education
Join EAUC Scotland and Learning for Sustainability Scotland online to explore how to engage, enable and support the implementation of Education for Sustainable Development in colleges and universities. Insights into innovative approaches to pedagogy and assessment, governance mechanisms, frameworks and policies will be shared by students and staff from a range of institutions and there will... [read more]
Join the LfS Conversation: the second monthly Drop-In session with GTC Scotland
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education. In Scotland, the Professional Standards for Teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership. We’re working with GTC Scotland to develop a Learning for Sustainability Hub to help teachers to explore,... [read more]
Co-creating a Fair and Green Future with Young People: Learning for Sustainability in Action
Co-hosted in partnership with YouthLink Scotland, this interactive webinar explores how to work with young people to envision and co-create a sustainable future in their own communities, and to become active change agents. COP 26 demonstrated that young people are vocal and active, demanding urgent and decisive change and holding leaders accountable, in particular to... [read more]
LfS in the Professional Standards – Drop-In #3
Calling all teachers in Scotland! Join our monthly drop-in sessions to discuss and share more about Learning for Sustainability across the Professional Standards. Drop-In #3 will have a focus on Self-Evaluation. Book your place here: Learning for Sustainability & the Professional Standards: monthly drop-in 3 Tickets, Thu 26 May 2022 at 16:00 | Eventbrite Learning... [read more]
Indigeneity in Europe: Issues and Perspectives
Indigeneity in Europe: Issues and Perspectives The Place Wisdom Working Group (PWWG) of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore are preparing an exciting scoping workshop this July to bring members of the group together with one another and with others representing diverse institutions, expertise, and knowledges, to share and develop understandings of indigeneity in... [read more]
Collaboration to scale up community action on sustainability
Click here to book your place Many public sector bodies, including local authorities, have a mandate to support sustainability action and to facilitate community engagement in their regions. At the same time, many community-led initiatives and intentional communities are developing creative regenerative practices. The aim of this workshop is to explore how we can scale... [read more]
College Expo 2022: Engaging all college staff with sustainability
The College Development Network (CDN) will shortly launch a short self-guided online course to help all college staff understand what sustainability is, and its relevance to their roles and personal lives as well as the wider world. The course will be interactive, enjoyable and memorable, useful for everyday life at home and work, and will... [read more]