Launched in March 2012, the Australian Education for Sustainability Alliance (AESA) is comprised of organisations from the education, union, youth and environment sectors that want a higher prioritisation of sustainability in the education system. AESA is achieving this by advocating and lobbying for best practice education for sustainability policy to fulfil the vision of a sustainable Australia. The March launch included the release of AESA’s first report The State of Education for Sustainability in Australia.
This September, celebrate our remarkable natural world with the NSW Festival of Nature 2011. This statewide, month-long festival features a diversity of events hosted by a range of organisations, from bushwalking to forums, bush care to art and canyoning to workshops. Get along to an event near you today and help celebrate the beauty and wonder of our natural environment.
HOPE Australia has launched a nation-wide Environmental Information Display (EID) campaign to provide information on environmental issues directly to individuals and local communities. HOPE is appealing to local councils and community groups who want to make a difference to assist by nominating possible locations for the displays. EID’s are an effective way of distributing newsletters, brochures and other literature from a variety of community organizations and government agencies. Topics covered are relevant to the everyday lifestyles of Australian householders, and include waste reduction, energy conservation, water consumption, climate change and its impacts on biodiversity, etc.
CERES – Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies, is an award winning, not-for-profit, environment and education centre and urban farm located by the Merri Creek in East Brunswick, Melbourne. Built on a decommissioned municipal tip that was once a landfill and wasteland, today CERES is a thriving, vibrant community visited by over 300,000 people each year.
The 2011 NSW Environmental Education Conference aims to bring together environmental educators from across NSW to explore contemporary issues concerning awareness of and action on global, national and local environmental sustainability issues, with a focus on this year’s conference theme “Sustainability – Let’s just do it!”
People interested to discover more about the natural wonders of Sydney’s Kurnell Peninsula are invited to attend the free launch of the new book Kurnell Peninsula – a guide to the plants, animals, ecology and landscapes on Thursday 12 May 2011. The book has been produced as part of the Kurnell 2020 Project, funded through three levels of government between 2008 and 2012. The project seeks to repair and protect the remaining natural heritage of the Kurnell Peninsula.
UNESCO has commissioned Education for Sustainable Development: An Expert Review of Processes and Learning. UNESCO has put in place a three-phase monitoring and evaluation process that spans the life of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014) complete with relevant methodologies and indicators. In keeping with the focus and within the framework of Phase II of the Monitoring and Evaluation process, UNESCO has commissioned this expert review of processes and learning for Education for Sustainable Development.
The Environmental weeds of Adelaide and the Mount Lofty Ranges garden escapee weeds brochure has been developed to raise greater awareness of common (and sometime popular) garden plants that have a strong ability to escape and become environmental weeds.