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Send us a (or several!) case study of how you took part in the Teach In using our case study template.

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Tailored sustainability resources for your subject/discipline/age group:

• From Art to Zoo Management: embedding sustainability in UK Further and Higher Education

• National Education Nature Park resources for all key stages, ages, and subjects.  

• Tailored Learning Objectives for each SDG: example cognitive, social-emotional, and behavioral objectives curated by UNESCO‍

• Climate change teaching materials, TROP ICSU: sample lesson plans and multimedia teaching tools for 10 disciplines - Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, Economics, Geography, and Humanities

• Sustainable University Degree Courses: how different university degrees contribute to sustainability

• Getting started with the SDGs: A guide for Higher Education and academia

• World's Largest Lesson: free multimedia resources to engage young people on the SDGs. Features: videos, comics, games, quizzes and more for pupils aged 2 to 14 and above. Multiple languages available. Curated by UNESCO and UNICEF.

• UN SDG teaching resources for K-12 and Higher Education institutions

• 17 class activities about the SDGs aimed at primary school pupils

• 17 class activities about the SDGs aimed at secondary school pupils

• Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) curriculum resources: Examples of how ARU encourages its educators to embed sustainability into different curricula – from business and law, to medicine and humanities.  

• Faculty for a Future’s Seed Library: database of over 230 open-access resources to support educators and students in transformative sustainability learning.

• Libraries and the SDGs - a storytelling manual, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLAI), learn more about IFLAI's work on the SDGs

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Environmental sustainability-themed educational resources:

• The University of the West Indies Climate Education, Justice and Literacy Hub - features comics, articles, guidebooks, videos and more aimed at children, young people, educators, policymakers, technical specialists, and general public

• Teaching Climate Together web series, sustainability articles, and behind the scenes of digital eco-education from content creator, Isaias Hernandez.  

• Webinar: An introduction to decolonizing conservation and rewilding – Jasmine Isa Quereshi and WildCard

• Centre for Sustainable Healthcare resources including case studies, tools, educational materials and more

From the Australian Earth Laws Alliance:  ‍

• Earth Laws Centre featuring multimedia resources on Earth System Governance, Rights of Nature, Ecocide, Earth Jurisprudence, and other transformative alternatives to unsustainability

• Earth Laws Month 2023 webinar playlist featuring topics on decolonizing, Human Rights to a healthy environment, connecting with Nature through deep listening, faith and the environment, and more.

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Social sustainability-themed educational resources:

Human Rights education resources from Amnesty International:

• First Steps - classroom activities aimed at children aged 3 to 5. Features: games, stories, and art about wellbeing, feelings, belonging, and more. Resources are also available in Welsh.

• 10 interactive lesson activities aimed at children aged 5 to11. Features: topics on identity and children’s rights, poverty, fair trade and more. Resources are also available in Welsh.

• Worksheet aimed at pupils aged 7 to 13 on Human Rights and solidarity

• Worksheets aimed at pupils aged 14 to 19 on Human Rights and activism

• 5 lesson plans and worksheets aimed at children aged 11 to 18. Features: films and lived experience stories  

• Nine ideas for exploring Human Rights through fiction books

• Words That Burn – poetry education resources aimed at secondary school students. Features: worksheets, spoken word videos, poetry writing tips, and more

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Economic sustainability-themed educational resources:

• Fairtrade and the SDGs: The connection between Fairtrade and the SDGs.  

• Fairtrade Universities and Colleges Award programme 2024-2026 - Discover how your institution can get involved in the Award Programme.

• Faculty for a Future’s Seed Library: database of over 230 open-access resources to support educators and students in transformative sustainability learning 

• Australian Earth Laws Alliance – Earth Economics 2023 and 2022 webinar series featuring topics such as relational economics and ecological economics

• Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME): Blueprint for SDG integration into curricula, research and partnerships

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Care, collaboration and creativity-themed educational resources:

• Julie’s Bicycle Resource Hub: features practical tools and support for embedding sustainability in the cultural sector. Also browse their Creative Climate Justice Resource Hub

• Reflections on arts-based environmental education: Heartwood Volume 1: Voices from environmental education – where academic research meets head, heart and hands; and Volume 2: more voices from environmental education (Edited by Melissa Glackin, Shirin Hine, and Sophie Perry 2023, 2024)

• CreaTures (Creative Practices for Transformative Futures): an EU Horizon 2020-funded research project that investigated the role of creative practice for eco-social change.

• Edible garden impact case study: an overview of a project organised by Exeter College students and staff and Coreus Group. An excellent example of a collaborative wellbeing approach to SDG 3 (health) and 4 (quality education).

Games and interactive sustainability learning:

• Catastrophic - an online card-based game about disasters, plants, animals, and conservation

• En-Roads - global climate simulator

• Go Green SDG - board game for children

Open-access publications on Education for Sustainable Development, ecocentric education, and other related topics

• Watch the recording of the SDG Teach In 2025 introduction webinar and view the presentation slides.

• SOS-UK research on student demand for sustainability education

• The Nature Connection Handbook: a guide for increasing people's connections with Nature, University of Derby. Features practical guidance on how people of all ages can foster sensory, emotional, and physical engagement with the wider environment. Curated by Miles Richardson and Carly W. Butler.

• Ecoliteracy and ecopedagogy for environmental sustainability in education: in support of ecocentric, arts-based business education (Helen Kopnina, Kate Black, and Helen Tracey, 2024). Academic article about creative, ecocentric sustainability business education.

• A Rounder Sense of Purpose (RSP) - a practical framework designed to support those involved in education for a just and sustainable future. Browse example lesson activities related to different SDGs and the 12 competencies of the RSP framework, including empathy, creativity, and transdisciplinarity.

• Environmental Literacy and sustainability as core requirements: academic paper that shares success stories and models for environmental literacy and sustainability

• RELX SDG Resource Centre: Articles, tools, reports, events and more on each SDG‍

• Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary: Bitesize written pieces on alternative social-economic systems for a thriving planet – great prompts for discussion or supplements to reading lists. Covers topics such as degrowth, earth spirituality, gross national happiness, solidarity economies, and 100 more.

• Education and Training Foundation: Education for Sustainable Development (ESD‍‍

• CreaTures (Creative Practices for Transformative Futures): an EU Horizon 2020-funded research project that investigated the role of creative practice for eco-social change, included the curation of an open-access CreaTures framework.‍

• Multispecies Sustainability Lab (includes materials in English and Japanese) and an academic paper about what is multispecies sustainability, its importance, and examples

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