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Applying Education for Sustainable Development at the College

 

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) empowers people to change the ways in which they engage with and work towards a more sustainable future. It works to build on the defined meaning of sustainable development shown below:

“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

Our Common Future: Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987

The diagram below shows the range of opportunities Education for Sustainable Development can create, and the potential impact that can be achieved through its delivery, for example, creating new teaching and learning opportunities, and enhancing the skills and knowledge on subjects relating to all aspects of sustainability (social, economic, and environmental).

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Teaching and Learning Approaches

 

Teaching and learning opportunities can take the form of Informal and Formal approaches. A list of options for the two approaches is shown below:

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  • Project based learning
  • Organised responses to (inter)national campaigns (e.g. Climate Week, Plastic Free July)
  • Collaboration between different classrooms and departments
  • Debates on issues surrounding sustainability

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  • Project based that encourages critical thinking, ethical practices and consumption, and self-reflection
  • Co-learning activities that encourages learners to discover what influences behaviour and attitudes towards sustainability; how to enable change in values and attitudes; practical elements that require independent learning; and finally self-reflection.
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Estates – opportunities to adopt circular economy (reuse/ recycle/ reduce)

Science – energy and chemicals being used; sustainability of experimental procedures; disposal of items.

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Resource: Education for Sustainable Development

 

A number of resources are available to learn more about the teaching and learning opportunities provided by Education for Sustainable Development. A small selection of these are provided below, but further information can be accessed through the NUS and UNESCO sites at https://sustainability.nus.org.uk/responsible-futures and https://en.unesco.org/themes/education-sustainable-development respectively.

Available resources

  • Higher Education Academy
  • Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) ‘Sustainability Exchange’
  • The Carbon Challenge: Education for Sustainable Development http://sustainabilityexchange.ac.uk/fe_esd_workbooks
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Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) empowers people to change the ways in which they engage with and work towards a more sustainable future. It works to build on the defined meaning of sustainable development shown below:

“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

Our Common Future: Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987

The diagram below shows the range of opportunities Education for Sustainable Development can create, and the potential impact that can be achieved through its delivery, for example, creating new teaching and learning opportunities, and enhancing the skills and knowledge on subjects relating to all aspects of sustainability (social, economic, and environmental).

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Below is a list of simple steps you can take to try and reduce your own waste generation from day to day.

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You don’t have to do everything, and it may not seem as much, but anything you can do will mean that one less thing will end up going to landfill.

If you’re still looking for ideas and further inspiration on what you can do, here are a few sites to help along the way:

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Looking For A Drink?

Make sure you bring in a bottle you can fill up using one of the College water coolers.

These are located on the Ground floor, near the coffee point; and on the 1st, 2nd and 4th floors.

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Fancy A Hot Drink During Your Break?

Don’t forget that there is a 25p discount for anyone who uses a reusable cup to purchase a hot drink at Springburn, East End and West campus.

Did you know that the UK uses nearly 3 billion disposable coffee cups every year?

Due to the plastic lining in these cups, the majority of the cups are sent to landfill, which means approximately 5600 tonnes of CO2 emissions produced.

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The Plastic Challenge

 

Think you’ve got what it takes to reduce your use of single-use plastics?

The Plastic Challenge is something you can take on whenever you like, and for as long as you like. An easy way to start is to stop buying a single-use plastic item that you use regularly for a week, and let us know how got on after the week has finished – what were the challenges? Was it easier than you thought? Did you find an alternative to the single-use plastic – we want to hear from you!

Below are the 4 easy steps you need to think about when taking on the Plastic Challenge.

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Find out more about what you can do to recycle, reduce and reuse by looking at the links below:

https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/content/re-use-materials

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