Teacher+Resources

=Teachers Turf= This section (or "turf") is specifically created for teachers that use the Earth Charter in their classrooms, it aims to provide useful resources for lessons plans, also to enable a space to share ideas, projects and your stories with other teachers around the world. We really hope that teachers from different parts of the world can interact in this website. Please visit our discussion forums and resource center, where you can rate the usefulness of a resource, upload other valuable resources and discuss important issues to you.

[|Teacher Resource Center]
This is a tool that will aid you in bringing the Earth Charter into your classroom. Here you will find links related to lesson and unit plans that relate directly to the Earth Charter principles. We encourge you to add to our continually growing list of resources and to provide input as to how effective you found these resources.

[|Earth Charter Virtual Library]
Here you will find a remarkable database of Earth Charter and of Education for Sustainable Development related resources in digital format. These can be downloaded free-of-charge, and used and distributed as needed for educational and non for profit purposes. It is a useful resource to teachers looking to make practical use of the Earth Charter in their classrooms.

Teacher Discussion Area
In this area you will be able to meet other teacher to discuss and share ideas of how to better incorporate the concept and values of sustainability into your classrooms, as well as how the Earth Charter can be useful in this process. Check out the different discussions going on right now. To respond to existing discussions click on the relevant topic below and to start a new thread click on the discussion tab at the top of this page.

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Additonal Resources and Links
Sites for ESD and teachers:

> ii. Associated schools project [] Title: Full Keynote Presentation Date: Friday, September 17, 2010 Duration: 00:26:54 Link: []
 * 1) Good Practices – UNESCO site []
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 * 4) UNECE Strategy for ESD []
 * 5) APEID Asia Pacific networks and projects on ESD (teachers training)
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 * 7) Networks of APEID: i. APNIEVE: []
 * 1) Centre for Cross Curricular Initiatives London [] UK ITE Network for Education Sustainable Development/Global Citizenship Conference 2008
 * 2) Educational Subject Centre []
 * 3) Teacher Training Resource Bank []
 * 4) Sasketchwan ESD Network []
 * 5) Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future – []
 * 6) [|Life Alert]: Music Inspired by the Earth Charter! Great educational tool to teach and reflect about sustainability.
 * 7) Videos of the EC+10 Festival in Brisbane, Australia, with local schools:

Title: Aaron Wood Date: Friday, September 17, 2010 Duration: 00:26:36 Link: []

Title: Bouganville Island speaker Date: Friday, September 17, 2010 Duration: 00:04:08 Link: []

Title: Bulimba State School Presentation Date: Friday, September 17, 2010 Duration: 00:25:19 Link: []

Title: Keynote Presenter Kendon Date: Friday, September 17, 2010 Duration: 00:22:20 Link: []

Title: 1000 acts to change the world Date: Friday, September 17, 2010 Duration: 00:05:05 Link: []

Title: Particpating Schools Date: Friday, September 17, 2010 Duration: 00:13:19 Link: []

Title: Closing and Thanks Date: Friday, September 17, 2010 Duration: 00:04:37 Link: []

15. Green Teacher Site: Full of great resources - Chech out the Low Carbon Lifestyles Toolkit! @http://www.greenteacher.org/