LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

Education for Sustainable Development: web links

Best Foot Forward
www.bestfootforward.com
BFF designs and develops tools to measure and communicate environmental impact and sustainability using methodologies such as resource flow and ecological footprint analysis.

Centre for Alternative Technology
www.cat.org.uk
Advertises itself as 'Europe's leading eco-centre'.CAT is concerned with the search for globally sustainable, whole and ecologically sound technologies and ways of life. It explores and demonstrates a wide range of alternatives. It is based in Machynlleth, mid-Wales.

Centre for Sustainable Energy
www.cse.org.uk
A national charitable company that advances sustainable energy policy and practice. It seeks energy solutions that engage people and communities to meet real needs for both environmentally sound and affordable energy services.

Choose Climate
www.chooseclimate.org
An interactive model linking climate and science based on formulae from the International Panel on Climate Change (ICC).

Climate Care
www.co2.org
The site can be used to calculate greenhouse gas emissions from individual activities, e.g. flying, driving, using electricity. The organisation funds projects worldwide to reduce greenhouse gases.

Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
www.dfes.gov.uk/sd
Site dedicated to information about the UK governments policies and actions on sustainable development, including 'environmentally friendly practices in the everyday working of the DfES headquarters building'. Provides information on sustainability indicators in the UK.

Development Education Project
www.dep.org.uk/cities
Stresses awareness, resources, best practice.

Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit
www.esdtoolkit.org

Future Forests
www.futureforests.com
A UK company that will plant trees (for a fee) on behalf individuals and companies in order to offset their carbon emissions.

GEsource
www.gesource.ac.uk
An information resource for Geography and the Environment, which forms part of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN). Subject gateways are provided in the following areas: Environment, General Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography and techniques and approaches (including satellite data, GIS and remote sensing). Freely available.

Global Action Plan
http://globalactionplan.org.uk
An independent charity committed to engaging people in practical solutions to environmental and social problems. Established in the USA and the Netherlands after the Earth Summit in 1992. launched in the UK the following year. Programmes in the UK include Action at School, Action at Home.

Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/soo5/05_01/
(2005) Sustainable development in higher education: Consultation on a support strategy and action plan

International Council for Local Economic Initiatives (Local Governments for Sustainability)
www.iclei.org
Founded in 1990 by local governments at UN HQ in New York . Now has its HQ in Toronto and is a worldwide association of local governments aimed at achieving tangible achievements in global sustainability with a special focus on environmental conditions through cumulative local actions.

International Geographical Union (IGU), Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems
www.stratec.ca/igu_rural_systems
Established as a Study Group in 1993.

International Institute for Sustainable Development
www.iisd.org
Founded in 1990 and based in Canada, the IISD contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resources management .

National Curriculum Online
www.nc.uk.net

National Energy Foundation
www.natenergy.org.uk
A leading UK charity for energy efficiency, renewable energy and energy accreditation. Has developed an 'Energy to Carbon Dioxide converter'.

OFSTED (2003)
www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications/docs/3389.doc
'Taking the first step forward: towards an education for sustainable development'

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
www.nc.uk.net/esd/index.htm
'Sustainable Development embedded in the National Curriculum'

Royal Geographical Society (RGS)
www.esd.rgs.org
Web pages on 'ESD in the teaching of Geography in schools (key stages 2 to post-16)'

Teachernet
www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/sd
'Resources for teachers'

Travel Calculator
www.travelcalculator.org
This calculator has been produced to encourage everyone to reduce the environmental impact of their travel. It aims to show how using transport with a relatively low environmental impact can reduce air pollution, improve people's health and in some cases save money.

United Nations Division for Sustainable Development
www.un.org/esa/sustdev
Promotes sustainable development as the substantive secretariat to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and through technical cooperation and capacity building at international, regional and national levels. The context for the Division's work is the implementation of Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and the Barbados Programme of Action for Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States. The CSD was established at the Rio 'Earth Summit' to ensure effective follow-up from the Summit . It monitors and reports on implementation of the Earth Summit agreements at local, national, regional and international levels. The CSD is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) .

World Resources Institute
www.wri.org
An environmental think-tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives. Includes a Sustainable Enterprise Programme, 'Safe Climate'