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Embedding sustainable development in the curriculum
Is it just a ‘nice’ to do?
Jimmy Brannigan, Director, ESD Consulting Ltd
Embedding sustainable development in the curriculum
Embedding sustainable development into the curriculum – what we found
Why is embedding sustainable development in the curriculum is important?
Is it just a a ‘nice’ to do?
Embedding sustainable development into the curriculum – what we found
Project funded by the LSC Develop guides on embedding sustainable
development into the curriculum Research Interviews Write guidance document Run workshops to promote the guidance
Embedding sustainable development into the curriculum – what we found
Practice was very mixed, hard to find in places!
If people were doing it they might not recognise it as embedding SD in the curriculum
Fundamental misunderstanding of what SD is or simply a lack of confidence in what they already knew
Yes, some good practice but not enough
Embedding sustainable development into the curriculum – what we found
Where FE and ACL providers were making progress it was because there was a commitment to SD from the leaders of the organisation
And at an organisation level they were making some progress
Embedding sustainable development into the curriculum – what we found
Developed two guides Creating the conditions for embedding sustainable
development in the curriculum Embedding sustainable development in the
curriculum
Why is embedding sustainable development in the curriculum important?
"Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is about the core behaviour of companies and the responsibility for their total impact on the societies in which they operate. CSR is not an optional add on nor is it an act of philanthropy. A socially responsible corporation is one that runs a profitable business that takes account of all the positive and negative environmental, social and economic effects it has on society”
Chris Marsden, Chair Amnesty International Business Group
Why is embedding sustainable development in the curriculum important? What is the core business of a college or
university? What does your total impact look like, both
positive and negative? Do you systematically take account of all the
positive and negative impacts you have on the environment, society and economy?
Do you try to reduce the negative impacts and enhance the positive?
Why do this?
Reduce the negative and enhance the positive
Positive
HumanSocialEconomic
Positive
HumanSocialEconomic
Negative
NaturalManufactured
Why is embedding sustainable development in the curriculum important? Where is most of the focus now?
Reducing the negative Minimising Not wasting Stopping
Why do we focus on the negative? It is no way to encourage behaviour change
in an institution or society
Why is embedding sustainable development in the curriculum important? Where should we also focus?
Increasing the positive - human, social and economic
The student experience The students we are helping shape in terms of
experience and future behaviour Embedding SD in the curriculum
This is the true contribution, this is the positive!
Embedding sustainable development in the curriculum
Is it just a ‘nice’ to do?
No, it is essential..
No, it is essential..
You cannot say you are sustainable institution or planning to be one without tackling SD in the curriculum..
