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Eco Schools ScotlandStarting Points Eco Schools
- thinking and acting locally
Litter Waste minimisation Energy Water Transport H
ealthy and well-being School grounds Biodiversity
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Eco Schools ScotlandInternational?
Think Globally Act Locally? Think Globally Act
Globally?
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New Unit selecting a title

• Topic had to encompass
• - Curriculum for Excellence
• - The Global Dimension
• - International Education
• - Sustainability
• - Citizenship
• - Existing Topics
• - World Wide Web
• Title had to be call for action

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• SUSTAINING OURW?RLD

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• OBJECTIVES
• develop pupils understanding of what
  sustainable development means
• make pupils aware of the link between their lives
  and the lives of others throughout the world

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"We must learn what sustainability means in
practice if we are to apply it to our daily lives
and restore the health and vitality of our
planet". Sir David Attenborough
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• OBJECTIVES
• ensure pupils are aware that local actions can
  have both positive and negative global effects on
  people and the environment, now and in the
  future
• enable pupils to take meaningful action,
  individually or as a group, to make a difference.

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• Life itself is a school, and nature a fresh
  study.
• 
  Hugh Miller 1802-1856

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SUSTAINING OUR W?RLD THE BIG PICTURE
The future will be green or not at all. This
truth lies at the heart of humankind's most
pressing challenge to learn to live in harmony
with the Earth on a genuinely sustainable basis".
Sir Jonathon Porritt
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• WHAT SCHOOLS CAN DO
• - undertake an Environmental Review to establish
  current practice in their school.
• - make global connections in the other eight Eco
  Schools Scotland topics.

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SUSTAINING OUR W?RLD- investigate our impact on
the planet
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SUSTAINING OUR W?RLD Links to Other Eco Schools
TopicsENERGY

• This module refers to
• the UKs use of energy
• climate change
• Consider the differences in energy use
  around the world, exploring the differences in
  fossil fuel consumption of developed and
  developing countries. Explore the environmental
  impact of fossil fuel extraction and use on
  different areas of the world, and the
  economic/social/political implications associated
  with this.

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• Links to Other Eco Schools Topics
• BIODIVERSITY

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SUSTAINING OUR W?RLD- look at citizenship issues
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SUSTAINING OUR W?RLD- look at citizenship issues
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SUSTAINING OUR W?RLD- engage with Fairtrade
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SUSTAINING OUR W?RLD- make contact with schools
in other countries
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SUSTAINING OUR W?RLD- make contact with schools
in other countries
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Siyaya Music and Dance Group Workshop
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SUSTAINING OUR W?RLD- use our local environment

• School grounds can be a great starting point
  for acting locally and thinking globally.
  Schools will also find that their work on School
  Grounds ties in very well with work on the
  Biodiversity topic.
• Exchange ideas and information on your
  grounds with a link school at home or abroad.

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SUSTAINING OUR W?RLD- use our local environment
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• LEARNING
• FROM OTHERS

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SUSTAINING OUR W?RLD Use the Development Compass
Rose
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Science and engineering will be fundamental to
enhancing our quality of life while also
addressing critical issues such as climate change
and sustainable living Martin Temple, Chairman
of the Engineering Employers Federation.
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"There must be a better way to make the things
we want, a way that doesn't spoil the sky, or the
rain or the land". Sir Paul McCartney
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• We have to ensure that todays children feel
  empowered to make a difference