Action Magazine
http://www.action.co.zw/
Action is an environmental and health education project based in Harare,
Zimbabwe. Through the format of a magazine, it researches, develops, and
publishes education and training materials for children, teachers, and
their communities. A high priority has been to develop locally relevant
education materials with interesting, engaging activities that use available
resources. In its efforts to make the magazine issues more accessible
to the target group, Action carries out environmental education research,
training of teachers on how to use the resources with pupils, and has
back-up library and documentation services for teachers, researchers,
community members and learners.
The Communication initiative
http://www.comminit.com/
This site provides communication resources, with development focus.
Eco-Schools
http://www.eco-schools.org/
Eco-Schools is a programme for environmental management and certification,
and sustainable development education, for schools. Its holistic, participatory
approach and combination of learning and action make it an ideal way for
schools to embark on a meaningful path to improving the environments of
schools and their local communities, and of influencing the lives of young
people, school staff, families, local authorities, NGOs, etc. On this
site, you will find out about the Eco-Schools programme generally, and
links and contacts of national programmes. You can discover about some
of the projects, and the partners and sponsors which help make it happen.
There are news and newsletters, and a special area for schools, with ideas,
projects, art and other submissions sent in by Eco-Schools.
Education for Sustainable
Development Toolkit
http://www.esdtoolkit.org/
The Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit will help schools and
communities develop a process for creating locally relevant and culturally
appropriate education. This Toolkit is based on the idea that communities
and educational systems need to dovetail their sustainability efforts.
Ideally, local educational systems can reorient existing curricula to
reinforce local sustainability goals.
Future Forests
http://www.fao.org/FORESTRY/fon/fonp/cfu/pub/earthbird/eb_00_e.stm
Future Forests is a package of environmental education materials that help
young people learn the skills needed to work together so as to use their
forests sustainably. Future Forests has been produced in English, French,
Spanish, Arabic and Chinese and includes a 24-page colour cartoon magazine,
a teacher’s guide, a classroom poster and a supplement for using Future
Forests to teach English. Future Forests’ message is that we are all dependent
on our forests and need to work together to ensure that there are forests
in the future. The magazine teaches young people how to identify and analyse
environmental problems in their community through learning by doing and
then involve their neighbours, schools and government agencies in solving
the problems. The Future Forests environmental education materials are
being developed and implemented with the participation of partner organizations
all over the world.
Helvetas Social Forestry
Support Programme
http://www.socialforestry.org.vn/
Provides information a source of data or sensory input, organized or arranged into a pattern which can be interpreted. on social forestry education programmes, approaches
and technologies, including agroforesty.
Knowledge A complex construction of information and individual experience with an interrelatedsocial and environmental dimension. (N.B. many different interpretations of knowledgeexist, and this is one preferred in this Toolkit) centre for small-scale
sustainable agriculture
http://www.tool.nl/~agromisa/
Media for Development
http://www.devmedia.org/
This site offers various media and materials related to development issues.
SADC Regional Environmental
Education Programme
http://www.sadc-reep.org.za/
The purpose of the Regional Environmental Education (EE) Programme is to
enable environmental education practitioners in the SADC region to strengthen
environmental education processes for equitable and sustainable environmental
management choices. This will be achieved through enhanced and strengthened
environmental education policy, networking, resource materials and training
capacity.
The SADC Regional EE Programme consists of four major components: policy,
networking, resources and training.
Teaching and Learning for
a Sustainable Future
http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/
Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future is a multimedia teacher
education programme published by UNESCO. It contains 100 hours (divided
into 25 modules) of professional development for use in pre-service teacher
courses as well as the in-service education of teachers, curriculum a guide for learning which integrates the philosophy and orientation of a trainingprogramme, expected learning outcomes, key content, methodology and evaluation for the teaching and learning process. developers,
education policy makers, and authors of educational materials. Teaching
and Learning for a Sustainable Future is rooted in a new vision of education
that helps students better understand the world in which they live, addressing
the complexity and interconnectedness of problems such as poverty, wasteful
consumption, environmental degradation, population, health, conflict and
human rights that threaten our future. Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable
Future will enable teachers to plan learning experiences that empower
their students to develop and evaluate alternative visions of a sustainable
future and to work creatively with others to help bring their visions
of a better world into effect. It will also enhance the computer literacy
of teachers and build their skills in using multimedia-based resources
and strategies in their teaching.