Resource Bank
	Sustainability and Education
	Climate Module
	Environmental Management Systems Module
	"Response Ability" - by Frank Fisher

Sustainability and Education

For information about the Professional Development Kit for Teachers, visit: http://www.ncsustainability.com.au/PDKit/
If you would like a copy of the kit please email Beth Akister, eakister@swin.edu.au

One of the greatest challenges we face in the future is the ability to manage our resources and meet the needs of a growing world population.

Education will shape the world of tomorrow — it is the most effective means that society possesses for confronting the challenges of the future and is the primary agent of transformation to move to a more sustainable world.

Education for sustainability is an emerging but dynamic concept that encompasses a new vision of education that seeks to “empower people of all ages to assume responsibility for creating a sustainable future

	There is a need to refocus many existing education policies, programs and practices so that they build the concepts, skills, motivation and commitment needed for sustainable development.
	Lifelong learning, including adult and community education, appropriate technical and vocational education, higher education and teacher education are all vital ingredients of capacity building for a sustainable future.”

(UNESCO (1997) Environment and Society: Education and public awareness for sustainability, BackgroundPaper prepared for UNESCO International Conference, Thessaloniki, 7.)

This set of resources will assist educators to integrate the concepts of sustainability into their teaching programs and will encourage the participation of students and learners to move to more sustainable ways of living and working.

We encourage you to provide feedback about the resource to ncs@swin.edu.au

Climate Module

This publication is recommended for use as a Student and Teacher Resource Kit, to assist with courses at Certificate IV and Diploma Level in particular the Diploma of Environmental Management. Students may be provided with copies for study purposes. The resource may be valuable for other educational purposes in local government, secondary schools and Universities.

Click here to download the Climate Module (pdf 1.9Mb)

Environmental Management Systems Module

This publication is recommended for use as a Student and Teacher Resource Kit to assist with the Development of Environmental Management Strategies in particular in the Diploma of Environmental Management. Students may be provided with copies for study purposes.

Click here to download the Environmental Management Systems Module (pdf 575kb)

Response Ability

Frank Fisher from the National Centre for Sustainability is pleased to announce the release of his new publication titled RESPONSE ABILITY - Environment, Health and Everyday Transcendence the collected works of Frank Fisher.

Interested readers can purchase a copy of his book for $34.95 (plus GST) from the National Centre for Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology Hawthorn Campus. Please call 9214 5997 to place your order.

(Picture taken from the cover art)