2005
Reports.
Educating for a Sustainable Future:
A National Environmental Education Statement for Australian
Schools
Educating for a Sustainable Future – A National
Environmental Education Statement for Australian Schools
provides a nationally agreed description of the nature
and purpose of environmental education for sustainability
through all years of schooling, including a vision and
a framework for its implementation. It is intended for
teachers, schools and their communities, education systems
and developers of curriculum materials. It is also intended
as a companion to existing State and Territory polices
and programmes and does not replace them.
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Global Perspectives: A Statement on Global
Education for Australian Schools
Global education is an important cross-curricular perspective
that has six broad learning emphases: One world: globalisation
and interdependence; Identity and cultural diversity;
Dimensions of change; Social justice and human rights;
Peace building and conflict; and Sustainable futures.
Global Perspectives: a Statement on Global Education
for Australian Schools offers a concise, practical
and philosophical guide to the aims of Global Education
as it has developed in Australia. This is an invaluable
resource for teachers seeking to incorporate a global
perspective into the curriculum.
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Sustainable Schools: Renovating Educational
Processes
This article discusses findings from a recent evaluation
of the experiences of six Sustainable Schools engaged
in Stormwater Action Project in terms of their achievement
of educational, environmental, economic, and social
indicators of quality education. It also discusses the
change strategies of the Sustainable Schools initiative
within the broader context of quality education for
a sustainable future, and the relationship between visions
of environmental education/education for sustainable
development and visions of quality education.
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Report (PDF - 733Kb)
ECO-schools: Trends and Divergences
This publication is a comparative research study based
on information collected from 13 country reports on
implicit and explicit criteria guiding Eco-schools’
development processes in whole school plans, inspired
by Environmental Education values and principles. By
analysing trends and divergences in the reports, the
publication will focus on identifying the visions of
the future world that are embedded in the Eco-schools’
programmes and what conceptualisation of learning-teaching
processes and school development can be identified in
this work.
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Whole-School Approaches to Sustainability:
An International Review of Whole-School Sustainability
Programs
There are a number of nationwide, whole-school initiatives
developing around the world that reflect a range of
innovative approaches to sustainability. Whole-school
programs such as 'Enviro Schools', 'EcoSchools' and
'Green Schools' were reviewed by this study which aimed
to examine and document experiences, achievements and
lessons learnt.
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The Way Forward : An Environmental Sustainability
Strategy for the Department of Education and Training
The Victorian Government’s vision of an assured
future includes the commitment that “protection
of the environment for future generations is built into
everything we do”. For the DET, this means they
will consider the following environmental principles
in undertaking all aspects of their operations and delivery
of curriculum services: maintaintenance and restoration
of natural assets; more efficient use of resources;
and reduction of everyday environmental impacts.
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A National Review of Environmental Education
and its Contribution to Sustainability in Australia
The intention of this study is to provide a snapshot
of Environmental Education and its contribution to sustainability
across a number of sectors within Australia. The study
has resulted in a series of documents prepared by the
Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability
(ARIES) for the Australian Government Department of
the environment and Heritage. Areas of focus include:
Frameworks for Sustainability; School Education; Community
Education; Business and Industry Education; and Further
and Higher Education.
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Learning to Live Sustainably: Victoria’s
Approach to Learning-Based Change for Environmental
Sustainability. Draft- September 2005
This document sets out the proposed approach for Victoria’s
Learning to Live Sustainably Strategy and Action Program.
It has been developed through an extensive process of
research and consultation with practitioners and others
involved in learning-based
change for environmental sustainability.
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Towards Zero Waste Strategy. September 2005
Even though we are recycling more than ever before,
Victorians continue to generate increasing quantities
of waste. Our growing waste problem is putting pressure
on our environment, as well as contributing costs to
business and the community. Towards Zero Waste establishes
the goals and directions for Victoria's solid waste
management and resource recovery framework. The strategy's
vision is for Victoria to be well advanced along the
pathway of becoming a low waste society by 2014. The
targets and strategies of Towards Zero Waste cover all
aspects of solid waste management in Victoria, ranging
from households to businesses and schools, and are aligned
with the objectives of the Environmental Sustainability
Framework.
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Our Environment, Our Future: Victoria's Environmental
Sustainability Framework. April 2005
Victoria's Environmental Sustainability Framework provides
direction for government, business and the community
on building environmental considerations into the way
we work and live. The Framework: outlines the key environmental
challenges Victoria faces; explains what 'environmental
sustainability' is and why it is important; identifies
the strategic directions we must pursue to become environmentally
sustainable; sets out objectives to be achieved and
interim targets for measuring progress towards the objectives;
and identifies some important steps for putting the
Framework into action.
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Climate change and Water in Australia
Australia's leading scientists have confirmed that human-induced
climate change is likely to have a significant effect
upon Australian water systems over the coming decades.
Climate change will affect regions of Australia differently
- this website outlines how, presenting data based on
a comprehensive review of Australian research undertaken
by the Institute for Sustainable Futures.
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Sustainable Cities
On Monday 12 September 2005, the House Standing Committee
on Environment and Heritage tabled its report on the
inquiry into sustainable cities. The Sustainable Cities
report makes 32 recommendations including increasing
federal money for public transport, setting national
targets for water and energy consumption and doubling
the rebate for the installation of solar power panels.
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World Resources 2005 -- The Wealth of the Poor:
Managing Ecosystems to Fight Poverty
Ecosystems are- or can be- the wealth of the poor. For
many of the 1.1 billion people living in severe poverty,
nature has always been a daily lifeline -- an asset
for those with few other material assets.
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chapters)
Nuclear Energy: No Solution to Climate Change
A coalition of environment and public heath groups today
released a report challenging the argument that nuclear
power is 'clean' and a potential fix for climate change.
The report was launched at Parliament House, Canberra,
by former Australian Ambassador to South Korea and nuclear
proliferation expert Professor Richard Broinowski.
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The Down-to-Earth Officecare Guide 2005
With a focus on the sustainable management of resources
in the office, the Down-to-Earth Officecare Guide shows
step-by-step how to dramatically reduce the office workplace’s
negative impact on the environment by reducing energy,
paper and water consumption. The Guide is designed as
a practical aid, to be used by everyone in the office.
It functions as a directive for supporting leaders who
want their organisation to make a difference and as
a tool that accountants and project managers use to
reduce costs and improve effectiveness.
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Inquiry into Sustainable Communities
The choices people make, their behaviour and lifestyles
all have a direct and indirect impact on the natural
environment. This report focuses on the management of
energy, waste and water by Victorian households. Significant
progress has been made in managing household water and
energy use and waste production. However such gains
have been outweighed by increases in the sheer level
of consumption. This report contains 72 recommendations
which the Committee believes can be readily implemented
and will substantially strengthen sustainable consumption
management and policy in Victoria.
The Environment and Natural Resources Committee spent
a full afternoon on site at CERES receiving submissions
and visiting examples of sustainability demonstrations.
Many of the ideas presented by CERES are referred to
in the report.
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Computer Waste in Australia and the Case for
Producer Responsibility
Environment Victoria has released a report highlighting
the extent of the toxic waste problem posed by the staggering
numbers of used computers being stockpiled or dumped
in landfill.
The report, entitled Computer Waste in Australia and
the Case for Producer Responsibility, found that of
the 500,000 computers that become redundant every year
in Victoria, about three quarters end up in landfill.
The remainder are either refurbished for reuse, or broken
up for reclamation and recycling of component elements,
including precious and heavy metals. There is an export
trade in these waste products, through both legal and
illegal trading arrangements.
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Summary Report (PDF - 74Kb)
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report, Biodiversity
and Human Well Being
The Global Millennium Assessment - the most comprehensive
scientific assessment of global ecosystems ever, carried
out over four years by 1,400 leading scientists - was
released on the 19th May 2005. The assessment found
that two-thirds of the world's ecosystems that support
life on Earth - such as fresh water, fisheries, forests
and climate - are being degraded or used unsustainably.
These trends are projected to worsen if policy responses
are not forthcoming - threatening the continuation of
conditions necessary for advanced human societies. The
Assessment caps some thirty years of studies indicating
humans are significantly altering and outright destroying
large-scale ecosystems upon which they depend for their
habitat.
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Sustainability Education Roundtable Report:
Sustainability Education: Learning to Change
The Sustainability Education Roundtable is an informal,
broad-based forum open to all who share a commitment
to a comprehensive, integrated approach to education
for sustainability.
In the series of four Roundtables held at CERES during
2004, an enormous number of specific opportunities,
needs, issues and actions were considered by 145 people
from 47 organisations. Six workshop focus themes were
established: Lighthouse Education Programs; Government
Policies & Leadership; Involving Everyone as Stakeholders;
Engaging Communities; Networking-Providers and Partnerships;
Funding and Resourcing Sustainability Education. These
meetings gave rise to the eleven key processes or “drivers”
for Sustainability Education.
The full 50-page report, Sustainability Education:
Learning to Change, which was
lodged with the Department of Sustainability and Environment
is available in pdf form below, as is the executive
summary of the document.
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Summary Report (PDF - 68Kb)
Victorian Greenhouse Strategy Action Plan Update
2005
The Victorian Greenhouse Strategy Action Plan Update
acknowledges recent developments in state, national
and international policy settings; builds on the actions
and commitments initiated by the VGS (2002); and responds
to the need to advance action on both emissions abatement
and adaptation.
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Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability–
promoting an efficient adaptation
This Australian Government report provides a valuable
insight into how early planning could help governments,
industries and communities plan for the effects of climate
change, adapt to the impacts and exploit any opportunities.
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