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Welcome to EfS

This Education for Sustainability web site is a place where sustainability education practice and research can be showcased, posted, shared and commented upon by teachers, researchers, and sustainability educators. It is run by the national Education for Sustainability advisors who are contracted by the Ministry of Education through School Support Services attached to universities - see the Contact Us page.

Sustainability is a critical issue for New Zealand environmentally, economically, politically, and socially. Education for Sustainability is about fostering innovative and motivated people who think and act sustainably - a goal supported through the holistic integrated approach of the New Zealand Curriculum. Key concepts such as cooperative learning, inquiry-based learning, experiential learning, innovative and creative thinking, sharing ideas, reflective practice, and critical thinking are all essential approaches to learning that underpin the NZ Curriculum's Vision, Principles, Key Competencies, and Values. EfS provides rich future-focused opportunities to learn - encouraging students to become active and positive members of their local, national, and global communities.

The teaching and learning materials included here support the aims of EfS that are developed in the Guidelines for Environmental Education in New Zealand Schools (1999), published for the Ministry of education by Learning Media and currently being revised.

 

Resources

Browse all our resources (by subject and level). If you are looking for a particular topic, it's best to use the Search box on the right.

Tools (Teaching & Learning)

Find new tools that you can use in Education for Sustainabiliy

Forums

Have your say in our online forums section!

Events

Find out whats happening in and around New Zealand as part of Education for Sustainability

About EfS

Click here to find out what Education for Sustainability is all about!

Contact Us

Information on who we are, where we are based and how to contact us

Our Stories

Read our stories/case studies about whats happening in schools in Education for Sustainability

Students' Page

Discover what students are doing in schools as part of their own Education for Sustainability
 
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For more details or enquiries please contact your regional co-ordinator.
Contact roger.waddell@canterbury.ac.nz with any technical or access issues.

New content on Education for Sustainability website from August 4 2008

Posted November 15th, 2007 by efsadmin

 Last week, Tania from Otago posted resources on consumerism, EfS and the revised curriculum, and the Olympics and EfS. If you would like to receive an email of new material added click on the email subscribe button to the right of the home page. That way, the website will visit you with fresh and inspiring ideas rather than you having to visit it. However, please consider sharing your ideas and materials - we learn so much from each other and this is a site made by us as sustainability educators.

This website deliberately doesn't have resource categories - it has a powerful Google-style search function so please type in a key word or phrase to begin your search or browse through the entire resources.

 

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