Full Description
With the current climate and economic crises, education for sustainability has never been more critical. This timely and essential book encourages readers to rethink our current values systems and to interrogate common assumptions about our world. Written for all educators with an interest in sustainability, chapters address several possible future scenarios for our planet, allowing readers to make more educated choices about sustainability and to transfer this knowledge to students within the classroom.
Each chapter focuses on a specific Sustainable Development Goal. Beginning with a brief historical and theoretical introduction to contextualise the goal, chapters then showcase the practical activities, case studies and exemplars that teachers can adopt when teaching. Topics explored include, but are not limited to:
Poverty
Renewable energy
Climate change
Peace and justice
Human rights
Access to education
This book is an essential classroom resource for any teacher or student teacher wishing to promote the Sustainable Development Goals and to teach for a better and brighter future.
Contents
Section 1; 1. You, me and mother nature: We are all connected.; 2. Transformative education: Teaching hope, respect, empathy and advocacy in schools; 3. A human rights-based approach to teaching the Sustainable Development Goals; Section 2; 4. Engaging with the causes and solutions of poverty (SDG 1); 5. Food for thought: Zero hunger (SDG 2); 6. A time of hope, a time for empathy: Ensuring the health and well-being of students as they transition from primary to post-primary school (SDG 3); 7. Education (SDG 4): the building block for all SDGs; 8. Teaching about gender: Feminist hope and praxis for the future (SDG 5); 9. Blue gold: clean water and sanitation (SDG 6); 10. Powering our lives with secure, equitable and sustainable energy sources (SDG 7); 11. Decent work and economic growth (SDG 8); 12. Building a better future through industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9); 13. Bridging gaps though reducing inequality (SDG 10); 14. Learning to live sustainably: Lessons from sustainable communities (SDG 11); 15. Responsible consumption and production: think before you buy (SDG 12); 16. Teaching and learning about, through and for climate action and climate justice (SDG 13); 17. Life Under Water (SDG 14); 18. Life on Land (SDG 15); 19. Peace, justice and strong institutions: Envisioning alternative pathways (SDG 16); 20. Partnerships for transformation, making connections beyond the classroom (SDG 17)
