Sustainability and Schools - Research by Dr Andrea Wheeler - How Can We Design Schools As Better Learning Spaces and To Encourage Sustainable Behaviour? Co-Design Methodologies and Sustainable Communities.

Links

Centre for the Environment, The University of Nottingham. Click to visit.

Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity in Education, The School of Education, The University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham. Click to visit.

Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, UCL, London. Click to visit.

The OpenSpace Research Centre Click here to visit

Beyond Nimbyism, The University of Manchester. Click here to visit.

RESOLVE, The University of Surrey. Click here to visit.

Institute for Environment, Sustainability and Regeneration (IESR) Click to visit.

Social Research Association. Click here to visit.

Centre for Eco-Literacy. Click to read more.

Planned Environment Therapy Trust (PETT) Click to visit.

ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS) Click to visit

The STEPS (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) Centre encourages natural and social scientists to work together to connect social, technology and environment issues to create solutions that are adaptive to change, build resilience to uncertainty and meet the priorities of poor and marginalised people in different settings. The Centre is collaboration between the Institute of Development Studies and SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Sussex with a network of partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America and is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Click to visit.

"Listening to Children, Research and Consultation". Centre for Research on Families and Relationships. Training Programme for those working with children and young people. Link to site.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Research reports relating to participation and community.

Community Energy

Intute

British Council for School Environments. Click here to visit.

School Works

Participation Works

Eco-Schools

Be Smart, Severn Trent Water Resources for Schools

Learning to Listen
In 2001 the Government launched a new policy to encourage more effective involvement of children and young people in policy making. This initiative was called Learning to Listen and is supported by action plans for all key Departments, including HM Treasury. Click here to read PDF file copy Learning to Listen: Youth Participation Action Plan

Academy for Sustainable Communities. Click to visit.

Sustainable Development Research Network. Click to visit.

Institute for Public Policy Research Click to visit.

JOURNALS, MAGAZINES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

THE DESIGNER'S ATLAS OF SUSTAINABILITY, Author: Ann Thorpe (Island Press, 2007). This book is for those interested in the relationship between sustainable development and design. The book also has expanded contents online and a free, open source teaching guide free to download. Click here to visit the website.

CARBON FOOTPRINTS? How do you calculate a your carbon footprint? How many methods are there? Click here to read more.

PAST CONFERENCES: PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS

Sustainability and Schools: Join the Debate! Technology Conference. 28 Feb - 1st March 2007, Heritage Motor Centre, Warwickshire. Click to View Published Proceedings.

INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES

Australian Case Studies in Sustainability. Click to visit.

Researching Children.Org Click to visit