Terms like environmental education and sustainability sound great, but can be surprisingly hard to negotiate and define. Nevertheless they are important ideas to explore and and conversations to be had in our modern geographical climate, especially with students as our future generations. Therefore teachers should be particularly interested in addressing and integrating these overarching themes throughout their practice in alignment with countless curricular competencies, and general common sense. Rather than attempt to summarize all of this information in this space, various useful resources will be presented below in order to further guide educators and others in our learning communities to dig a bit deeper and meaningfully incorporate environmental learning into their classrooms, schools, and communities, within BC's New curriculum.
BC's Ministry Environmental Learning homepage and links:
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/teach/teaching-tools/environmental-learning
Environmental Learning and Experience Curriculum Maps:
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/kindergarten-to-grade-12/teach/teaching-tools/environmental-learning/ele_maps.pdf
Sustainable Schools Best Practices Guide:
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/kindergarten-to-grade-12/teach/teaching-tools/environmental-learning/sustbestpractices.pdf
Sustainability Course Content: A Curriculum Framework:
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/kindergarten-to-grade-12/teach/teaching-tools/environmental-learning/sustcoursecontent-1.pdf
BC Green Games:
http://www.bcgreengames.ca/
Project Wild:
http://www.projectwild.org/
Project Learning Tree:
https://www.plt.org/
Earth Charter:
http://earthcharter.org/
Ted Talks:
https://www.ted.com/
Open Permaculture School:
https://www.openpermaculture.com/
dash bc:
http://dashbc.ca/
Nanaimo Recycling Exchange:
http://recycling.bc.ca/education/
Sustainability at VIU:
https://www2.viu.ca/sustainability/
Powell River School District 47 - Sustainability Programs:
http://www.sd47.bc.ca/Programs/sustainability/Pages/default.aspx
- Open Source Ecology:
http://opensourceecology.org/
BC's Ministry Environmental Learning homepage and links:
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/teach/teaching-tools/environmental-learning
Environmental Learning and Experience Curriculum Maps:
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/kindergarten-to-grade-12/teach/teaching-tools/environmental-learning/ele_maps.pdf
Sustainable Schools Best Practices Guide:
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/kindergarten-to-grade-12/teach/teaching-tools/environmental-learning/sustbestpractices.pdf
Sustainability Course Content: A Curriculum Framework:
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/kindergarten-to-grade-12/teach/teaching-tools/environmental-learning/sustcoursecontent-1.pdf
BC Green Games:
http://www.bcgreengames.ca/
Project Wild:
http://www.projectwild.org/
Project Learning Tree:
https://www.plt.org/
Earth Charter:
http://earthcharter.org/
Ted Talks:
https://www.ted.com/
Open Permaculture School:
https://www.openpermaculture.com/
dash bc:
http://dashbc.ca/
Nanaimo Recycling Exchange:
http://recycling.bc.ca/education/
Sustainability at VIU:
https://www2.viu.ca/sustainability/
Powell River School District 47 - Sustainability Programs:
http://www.sd47.bc.ca/Programs/sustainability/Pages/default.aspx
- Open Source Ecology:
http://opensourceecology.org/
