Global Sustainability Resources
Global Sustainability Resources
To complement Facing the Future's curriculum resources, this section contains background information and additional resources to help educators and students to teach and learn about global issues and sustainability.
- Multimedia Resources
A collection of global issues and sustainability books, magazines, videos, websites, and reports
- Global Issues Tours
An overview of various global issues such as biodiversity, climate change, and human rights
- Newspapers in Education
Written for grades 5-10, the series can be used in full or in part to study specific topics. All articles include a student activity and "take action" idea.
What are Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions?
Global issues are social, political, economic, and environmental issues that affect everyone. Sustainable solutions to these issues are those that deal not only with present challenges, but that also take into account the well-being of future generations.
To hear more about what sustainability education is and how it is being used in classrooms, listen to the 12-minute Teaching Green and Why it Matters interview between Facing the Future's Outreach Director, Kim Rakow Bernier, and the Association for Childhood Education International's Executive Director.