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Recognising the importance of Fair Trade
Congratulations to Etiko Fair Trade, one of our major Sustainable Living Challenge program sponsors, for their ongoing commitment to fair trade and environmental and social sustainability.
Sustainable Fashion
Is green the new black? There seems to have been an increase in the number of glossy fashion magazines with a ‘green theme’ but how prepared are textile students to take up the challenges of sustainability.
MyPOWER
How far would you be willing to go to create a better future for Australia? The MyPOWER Team are cycling 16,000kms around Australia encouraging environmental action.
Engineering Sustainable Solutions
Developed by The Natural Edge Project, the Engineering Sustainable Solutions Program provides quality curriculum materials focussed on accelerating education for sustainable development in engineering and the built environment.
More students studying environment
University hopefuls in Victoria find out today about first round university place offers. New education trends are emerging with more students enrolling in environment related courses this year.
School's out for summer
Some teachers might be lucky enough to have finished teaching for the year, but we know there are still some of you in classes with students. To help you through those last few days, we have pulled together a few ideas to provide some inspiration for students over the holidays.
Vote for a sustainable future
People of all political persuasions care about the environment and sustainable development - but do major party policies reflect these community concerns? In preparation for the upcoming federal election, national environment groups have compared the environment policies of major parties. Though many students will be too young to vote, they can still get involved in envisaging their future Australia.
EduGreen - Environmental Information Hub
Knowledge is power, and in the sharing of this power lies the secret to a truly enlightened world society. One organisation based in India is offering a wealth of knowledge to be shared among the global community.
Healthy transport
Looking for some healthy activities for Term 4? Explore how cycling and other sustainable transport options can improve your health and create healthy environments.
Earth Charter
We stand at a critical moment in the Earth’s history, a time when humanity must choose its future. To move forward we must recognise that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms we are a global community with the need for a common destiny - sustainable development.
Consumption Atlas
How much are you really consuming? The Australian Conservation Foundation have created an innovative online tool, the Consumption Atlas, that maps Australians patterns of consumption and the environmental impact of our current lifestlyes.
Where does our food come from?
How many food miles has your fruit basket done? A recent research report from CERES Environmental Park inspires us to ask some tricky questions about the food we eat.
Green Canary Eco-logical Fundraisers
Looking for a new fundraising idea that doesn't involve eating excessive amounts of chocolate? Green Canary provide healthy, eco-friendly solutions for schools and organisations.
The Great Global Warming Swindle?
Climate change is still a hot topic, with the recent airing of a controversial UK documentary, “The Great Global Warming Swindle” (shown 12 July on ABC). If you are looking for some up-to-date facts and figures to test greenhouse myths, or maybe some other 'must see' climate change television from Australia’s national broadcasters, read on.
Earth Portal Launched
The earth portal is an exciting new online initiative that provides teachers and students with a source for the latest scientific thinking and data on all major environmental issues. Most useful is the ‘Encyclopaedia of the Earth’ which contains thousands of articles on environmental issues. If any student wants to find out information on any environmental issue – send them here.
The UK Sustainable Schools Online Hub
This website produced by the UK Department for Education and Skills is a comprehensive resource for teachers exploring any aspect of becoming a sustainable school – from teaching, to resource use to whole school planning and management.
Big Brother goes sustainable!
The Big Brother 07 house goes sustainable with a major retrofit co-ordinated by world famous Australian eco-architect, Tone Wheeler. This story may be useful as a significant and socially relevant tool for teachers to explore sustainable building, design and living issues in the classroom.
Online registration is now active!
In exciting new developments at the Sustainable Living Challenge you can now register for the program online and manage all your student projects.
Is this the worlds most sustainable building?
'Council House 2' is a newly constructed sustainable building in Melbourne and is the first to gain a six star rating.
Big Picture TV
A diverse collection of video clips of inspiring people creating a sustainable future. The short segments provide a range of tools to provide introductions to numerous components of sustainability.
