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Sustainable Schools, LLC, helps K-12 schools, colleges and universities build sustainability and environmental literacy into strategic planning, teaching and institutional practice. Through a network of experts across the country, Sustainable Schools provides services that are customized to meet the needs of individual institutions.

 

What do we mean by "education for sustainability"?

 

The concept of sustainability - which addresses how humans can live on the planet over time in a manner that protects cultural and biological diversity, recognizes and appreciates ecological limits, offers just and accountable governments and economies for all, and draws on the human capacity for adaptive learning and innovation - offers a tremendous challenge for education. It invites educational institutions to rethink their missions and to re-structure their courses, community outreach, and campus operations. By preparing students - and the whole campus community - to be more adept decision makers in the increasingly complex, dynamic, and uncertain future that we all face, integrating sustainability into all of the major activities of educational institutions also presents a tremendous opportunity.
 








"Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a daily reality for all the world's people."
- Kofi Annan, Secretary-General United Nations, 2001

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Agenda for a Sustainable America
This new book, Agenda for a Sustainable America, assesses trends in 28 areas of American life - including education; forestry; transportation; oceans and estuaries; religion; and governance - and makes incisive recommendations in each area for achieving a sustainable America.
"The new administration would be wise to use this as a guide book for its policies." - The Honorable Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund
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