This book brings together stories of the green schools movement ((Eco
Schools, Enviroschools, Green Schools, Sustainable Schools,
ResourceSmart Schools etc) in several countries around the world, with a
focus on the impact of the movement on the development and
implementation of education for sustainable development in each of the
countries. In particular, each story will explain the history of the
movement per country, its current status, achievements, obstacles and
broader impact.
There have been a number of evaluations of these school movements at a
national or more local level, and numerous articles and chapters have
been published on aspects of these schools' activities, but to date
these have not been brought together in a single volume that focuses
attention on the impact of the movement on education for sustainable
development in each country. This is the purpose of this volume.
The green schools movement focuses on a whole school approach which aims
to include everyone (students, teachers and the local community), to
improve school environments, including resource usage and the
environmental footprint of the school, to motivate students to take on
environmental problems and seek resolutions particularly at a local
level but also thinking globally, and to improve students' attitudes and
behaviours as part of developing a sustainable mind set.