Teaching Sustainability in Geography

Sustainability brings many things to mind including planet green and saving the whales. In our current global condition we really need to look at just that, living in such a way that we can sustain living for generations to come while looking after our environment our responsibility given to us by God.

“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it” (Bible Gateway, Genesis 2:15, 2011).

Sustainable patterns of living meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Actions to improve sustainability are both individual and collective endeavours shared across local and global communities. They necessitate a renewed and balanced approach to the way humans interact with each other and the environment.

Education for sustainability develops the knowledge, skills, values and world views necessary for people to act in ways that contribute to more sustainable patterns of living. It enables individuals and communities to reflect on ways of interpreting and engaging with the world (ACARA, 2013).

Sustainability is not just about us leaving a small environmental foot print but about setting up and educating the current generation about our world and its needs and wellbeing: Leaving our world and all of its beauty and resources for the generations to come.

Not just educating children on environmental issues and species at risk but letting them explore their world and discover how they as people can make a difference and bring a change. Empowering them to take charge and make a difference. As is shown in the below videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nDTmjR_GG1w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W6Ziq7QiqLA

Websites and documents to explore or direct sustainable hungry people to include the following:

http://australia.gov.au/topics/environment-and-natural-resources/environmental-sustainability

http://www.australiansustainability.com.au/

http://www.environment.gov.au/sustainability/government/

 Sustainability does not depend upon your intelligence or even where you live it is about living your life in such a way as to look after the world and everything in the world that we have been given. Sustainable living is about taking responsibility for our individual part and joining together as a community and or school to see the that change.

References

ACARA. (2013). Sustainability. Retrieved 12^th April 2013 from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/CrossCurriculumPriorities/Sustainability.

Australian Government. (2013). Environmental sustainability. Retrieved 12^th April 2013 from http://australia.gov.au/topics/environment-and-natural-resources/environmental-sustainability.

Australian Sustainability. (2013). Australian sustainability. Retrieved 12rh April 2013 from http://www.australiansustainability.com.au/.

Australian Government. (2013). Government sustainability. Retrieved 12^th April 2013 from http://www.environment.gov.au/sustainability/government/.

Bible Gateway. (2011). New International Version. Retrieved 12^th April 2013.

Green Cross Australia. (2012). Best of futuresparks. Retrieved 12^th April 2013 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W6Ziq7QiqLA.

WWFUS. (2009). Change the way you think – WWF. Retrieved 12^th April 2013 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nDTmjR_GG1w.