Some of the Best EFS Resources on the Web
Center for Environmental Education at Antioch New England www.schoolsgogreen.org
CEE offers many resources, including very comprehensive rubrics – the Green School Guidelines, to guide a school that’s striving to embrace Education for Sustainability, through curriculum integration, school grounds enhancement, community-based education, school sustainability and administrative support. The Co-SEED website, http://coseed.schoolsgogreen.org/ offers high-quality stories and examples about the Community-based School Environmental Education (CO-SEED) project which helps schools and communities work together to develop community and place-based curriculum.
Community Mapping www.orton.org/programs/mapping
This program helps engage students in their community’s sustainability and sense of place through mapping related to current issues and valuable history.
Community Works On-Line www.vermontcommunityworks.org
Community Works offerings include Community Works Journal, its publication of exemplars and reflections from service–learning and place-based projects and strategies from around the US—also available in print. Community Works has partnered with Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project to present “sustainability as the goal, place as the context, and service-learning as the strategy.”
Cornell Youth Nutrition Program www.human.cornell.edu/units/dns/extension/youth/
Cornell's youth nutrition resources include healthy food choices, cooking, gardening, and fitness. There are many activities and program ideas for ages 5-16.
Creative Change www.creativechange.net
This Michigan-based organization offers activities and resources on important sustainability issues, mostly for secondary level, including population and consumption, sustainable communities, ecological economics, the global economy, and sustainable agriculture.
EcoSchools www.eco-schools.org
An international network for schools who involve students in sustainability decision-making, planning and activities on their campuses and communities. Most European countries participate, and the network is expanding. The UK Eco-schools site is very exciting and informative.
Education for a Sustainable Future www.csf.concord.org/esf
This Vermont-based national project offers technology-enhanced teacher-written curricula for K-12 centered around five main themes of EFS: thinking about the future, systems-thinking, natural resources, sustainable economics and social equity. The site features student-friendly software tools on Ecological Footprint calculation, designing communities, and scenarios, as well as web courses for adults.
Farm to School Program www.farmtoschool.org
Read current articles and find resources to help connect students to their food source, increase the nutrition of food in schools, and help local farmers stay in business.
Green Schools www.ase.org/section/program/greenschl
The Green Schools Program engages students in creating real energy-saving – and cost-saving -- activities in their schools. The site offers introductory information and good resources.
Green Teacher www.greenteacher.com
This excellent publication features high-quality, practical curriculum examples and resources on many topics and concepts related to sustainability. The site offers some past content as well as information about subscribing, back issues, and submitting your examples.
LEAF–Chikyu Children’s Network www.educa.lit.osaka-cu.ac.jp/cgileaf2/C-KEN/pane.cgi?l=en&m=l&p=f
LEAF supports and encourages children's ecological and sustainability activities through deep collaborations of citizens,businesses and administrative agencies. In addition to organizing innovative community-based education opportunities in its home city of Nishinomiya, Japan, LEAF runs the international Chikyu Children’s network, which all educators are welcome to join. Partnerships with LEAF have inspired several Vermont teachers to develop new projects based on LEAF’s examples.
National Gardening Association www.kidsgardening.com
Find excellent practical activities and content for school garden projects.
National Service Learning Clearinghouse www.servicelearning.org
The National Service Learning Clearinghouse provides many resources and research to guide new and improving service-learning programs in schools and organizations.
Ocean Arks International www.oceanarks.org
Ocean Arks International, founded in 1981, is a global leader in the field of ecological water purification. In response to the alarming rate of natural resource exploitation and depletion, our mission is to disseminate the ideas and practices of ecological sustainability throughout the world
Place-based Education Evaluation Collaborative (PEEC) www.peecworks.org
PEEC offers innovative resources for program evaluation. It is the evaluator for the Sustainable Schools Project.
Redefining Progress www.rprogress.org
This organization provides in-depth information and education about sustainability by providing data based on sustainability indicators, including the Ecological Footprint.
Rural Schools and Community Trust www.ruraledu.org
This organization promotes collaboration between schools and community development in rural areas, and has generated excellent place-based programs and assessment resources for schools. The Vermont Rural Partnership can be found at www.vermontcommunityworks.org/vrp/
Schoolyard Habitat www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats
National Wildlife’s schoolyard habitats programs offers schools and teachers many resources for developing the schoolyard to increase both biodiversity and opportunities for EFS.
Sustainability Education Center www.sustainabilityed.org
A leader in developing EFS curricula, SEC offers high-quality materials on important sustainability topics, including full high school standards-based courses on business education and entrepreneurship, food systems, sustainable economics, and civic participation and government.
Sustainable Measures www.sustainablemeasures.com
This site offers an excellent, readable introduction to the concepts and framework of thinking about sustainability. It also includes information about indicators to guide communities towards sustainable development.
Sustainable Schools Project www.sustainableschoolsproject.org
The Sustainable Schools Projec (SSP) is a dynamic new model for school improvement and civic engagement. The program helps schools use sustainability as an integrating context for curriculum, community partnerships, and campus practices. The Sustainable Schools Project is sponsored by Shelburne Farms, and is a partnership with VT Education for Sustainability. SSP uses the integrating concept of educating for sustainability to improve our communities economically, environmentally, and socially for current and future generations
Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future www.unesco.org/education/tlsf
An excellent multi-media professional development resource on many themes and strategies of sustainable development. Developed by Australian John Fien, this resource has been adopted by UNESCO, which is orchestrating a global UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development, beginning in 2005.
The UNESCO ESD Decade Website www.unesco.org/education/desd
A central portal for learning about and contributing to the 2005-2015 UN-designated Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, this site offers links to different countries’ efforts.
Vermont Department of Education: Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities
www.state.vt.us/educ/new/html/pubs/framework.html
On-line publication of the Vermont Framework. Also available is the resource“Using Standards in Your Classroom.” Vermont’s two vital results at the core of EFS are 3.9 Sustainability and 4.6 Place.
World Wildlife Fund of the UK http://www.wwflearning.co.uk/welcome/
This British site offers many teaching resources on global sustainability issues.
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