Welcome to the EfS (Education for Sustainability) Resource Hub
The EfS Resource Hub provides VET practitioners with the tools, guidance and contacts they need to effectively deliver skills for sustainability training and apply EfS principles and practice. The Hub provides a one-stop-shop for teaching resources, pedagogical guidance, delivery tools, learning activities, industry and sector relevant case studies and state and territory EfS practitioner networks and contacts. The resource hub also provides useful links to:
- Industry Skills Councils
- relevant state and federal government websites
- teaching and learning organisations
- EfS networks
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) in partnership with the National Centre for Sustainability (NCS), Swinburne University of Technology are pleased to launch a suite of teaching and learning resources to support the new TAE10 Sustainable Practice Skill Set (December 2011). The dual-unit Sustainable Practice Skill Set provide VET practitioners with the skills, knowledge and base accreditation to embed sustainability into their training programs and apply Education for Sustainability (EfS) principles and practice. Click here for further information.
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The impacts of human activity and population growth on the life-support systems of the planet have created worldwide momentum for action. Our students will graduate into a world very different from anything we have had to experience and they will need to be equipped to cope with conditions of uncertainty, complexity and rapid change.
Sustainability is a minimum condition for a flourishing planet in the long term and is concerned with the ongoing health of our economy, our societies and the environment. David Orr argues that the real challenge we face in embracing a more sustainable future rests with our ability to educate students differently.
Tertiary institutes are the cultivators and generators of knowledge, charged with educating the leaders and decision-makers of tomorrow. As such, they play a crucial role in the creation of sustainable societies. Education for Sustainability is now acknowledged internationally and nationally as the pedagogical platform by which we can guide learners to explore and evaluate contested and emerging issues, gather evidence and create solutions for a sustainable future.
This website offers a range of information and resources for Educating for Sustainability. See Using the Website for more information.
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