Teachers will find the following resources useful when exploring issues around climate change and sustainablility.
Ecological and Carbon Footprints - a site looking at definitions of ecological and carbon footprints and how to use and calculate them. Includes a guide to calculators and the teaching advise section contains information about links to science, geography, citizenship, and design and technology. Also contains exercises on the meaning of sustainability.
teachernet: Sustainable schools - pages which aim to support schools towards sustainability, introducing the principles of sustainable development and offering guidance on how to embed these principles into the school.
wwflearning - a range of activities for different age groups on climate change.
Sustainable learning - an energy and water saving management programme for schools.
Climate change education - a US based portal site for teachers and educationalists.
Other useful sites:
Schools curriculum resources
Tide
upd8
Information & campaigns:
Christian Aid
WWF
Friends of the Earth
Climate Crisis
(An Inconvenient Truth)
DEfRA
Climate Challenge
The Ecologist
New
Scientist
Climate Space - an online
meeting place for groups, activists and individuals taking action on
climate change.
Centre for Alternative Technology
Cartoons and video clips:
Blue Man
Group
The
Simpsons tackle global warming
Hippo Works