Resources

For up to date resources of sustainable development in the curriculum, visit the Centre for Learning and Teaching Sustainable Development pages

Case studies, best practices and literature

• University of Brighton guidance for Schools on Education for Sustainable Development
• Future Fit Framework - very clear and user-friendly guide developed by Prof. Sterling
• Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future - free online professional development resource developed for UNESCO.
• Education for Sustainable Development Resource, Centre for Learning and Teaching, University of Brighton.
  The resource presents examples of how people have included ideas of sustainable development in courses at the University of Brighton by subject area.
• 'What's the environment got to do with Media Studies?' - exploring possibilities for curriculum development, paper by Dr. Julie Doyle, University of Brighton
• Greener by Degrees - Book with 37 chapters on integrating sustainability in undergraduate and postgraduate education
• Outside the Green Box - Resources developed for embedding ESD in the PGCE/Cert Ed programmes for teachers in the Lifelong Learning Sector, University of Plymouth
• Sustainability resources for nursing and midwifery (university website)
• Sustainable Healthcare Route Map (NHS) (external link)
• Journal of Sustainability Education (online and free)
• The Sustainability Information Teaching Exchange, or The SITE. An online resource for both FE and HE in the UK
• SORTED - Sustainability Online Resource and Toolkit for Education
• Education For Sustainable Development: An Expert Review of Processes and Learning. Report for UNESCO Decade on ESD review process, published in April 2011. 
• Engaging People in Sustainability: ESD in thinking and practice. Document published in 2004 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
• Journeys around Education for Sustainability - ESD in the Social Sciences, published in 2008 London Southbank University
• Level 4 module on 'Digital Technologies: Rethinking Learning and Teaching' taught by Bruce Nightingale, Keele University (on webpage, select 'login as guest'). Incorporating 'enquiry based learning' approach focusing on 'sustainability'. All materials released under creative commons licence.
• The Higher Education Academy - HEA Sustainability pages
• Resources for Rethinking - Resources for teachers reviewed by teachers
• Unesco/UNEP Youth X Change guidebook on climate change and lifestyles
• Unesco/UNEP Youth X Change communication leaflet
• Think Of Me As Evil? - report by Public Interest Research Centre and WWF regarding the ethical debates in advertising

Audio-visual materials

• Handbook of Sustainability Literacy, online multimedia version edited by Poppy Villiers-Stuart and Arran Stibbe
• The Story of Stuff, is useful to raise awareness on resource use
• Google Earth Engine - satellite images and videos showing current state of the environment
• Ellen MacArthur video on the Circular Economy
• Earth Scan Each month Earthscan will offer a free one-hour web cast on a different topic giving viewers the opportunity to learn from, and interact with, leading authorities from a range of different fields.

Mailing lists

• Sustainability in Higher (and Further) Education - SHED Share - community of practice mailing list
• Sign up for the Higher Education Academy ESD newsletter
• The STEPS Centre is an interdisciplinary global research and policy engagement hub.