Sustainable Development

National documents

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A Time of Opportunity: The Current Status of Sustainable Development Education in Scottish Schools

This report presents a snapshot of the status of sustainable development education in Scotland's schools in 2007.

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Schools Sustainable Development Education Policies: A Guide to their Preparation

This document contains a summary of the content of the sustainable development and sustainable development education legislation, strategies and action plan. It is intended to give those in public bodies basic guidance on the areas their SD and/or SDE policies and plans would be expected to cover.

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Choosing our Future: Scotland's Sustainable Development Strategy

As part of the UK shared framework for sustainable development, this document from 2005 outlined the measures and approaches that Scotland would be adopting in order to turn this framework into action.

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One future - different paths - The UK's shared framework for sustainable development

The UK Government launched the Strategic Framework, One future - different paths, on 7 March 2005 in conjunction with the strategy for sustainable development Securing The Future. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have common challenges and goals in sustainable development. The framework document sets out what those are, along with the common goals shared.

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Sustainable Education Network Event: Stirling Management Centre August 2006 - Proceedings and Outcomes

The proceedings and outcomes of the Sustainable Development Education in Scotland Local Authority Network Meeting from August 2006.

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Sustainable Development Education in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland

This report commissioned by the Sustainable Development Education Liaison Group, gives a baseline of the status of and provision for sustainable development education in schools in the education system of the four UK jurisdictions.

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Sustainable Development Education Liaison Group - an international study

As part of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development study, this document from 2005 aimed to establish the nature of curricular arrangements in selected countries and to produce a guide for future sustainable development education work in Scotland.

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Sustainable Secondary Schools Project

The Sustainable Secondary Schools Project is an openly structured programme that aims to explore the ways in which a number of Scottish secondary schools could engage in sustainable development education.

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Learning for Our Future: Scotland's first Action Plan for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

This documents the first wave of actions taken by the Scottish Government in support of the global programme to integrate the principles, values and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education - the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.

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Woods for Learning

This document outlines Forestry Commission Scotland's (FCS) approach to working with young people both in and outside of school.

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Asia Pacific ESD Indicators Project - Assessing Progress in ESD During the Decade

The Asia-Pacific Guidelines for the Development of National ESD Indicators aims to provide stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region with a practical resource from which to develop an ESD indicator framework at the national level.

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