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In our academic research centre, we are dedicated to bridging the gap between professional expertise and the practical, non-academic world to support educators on their journey toward integrating the 12 pathways of sustainability and the circular economy into teaching and learning. Our carefully curated, free resource collection is designed to empower educators with tools, insights, and strategies to deepen sustainable practices in education. We encourage you to explore these resources and share them with your colleagues and peers, fostering collaborative growth and commitment to sustainability across learning communities.

 

Environmental Education Research Journal

Routledge 

The mission of Environmental Education Research is to enhance scholarly and research-based understanding of environmental and sustainability education. The journal accomplishes this by publishing peer-reviewed research and scholarship on all facets of environmental education, drawing on diverse schools of thought and practices in inquiry from across the globe.

Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education

The Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education (JOEE) is a globally recognized publication for outdoor education professionals, produced by Outdoor Education Australia with robust support from the Outdoor Council of Australia. It builds on the legacy of the Australian Journal of Outdoor Education (AJOE).

JOEE serves as a scholarly platform for sharing and discussing both empirical and theoretical research in outdoor and environmental education. Its main goal is to advance the practice and theory of outdoor and environmental education, fostering positive impact both within Australia and internationally.

Unesco
Greening curriculum guidance: Teaching and learning for climate action
Journal
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Nature Mental Health
Journal
Journal Of Circular Economy

Sustainability

Educational outcomes of Learning For Sustainability literature review

Published Jan 2020

Scottish Government 

Barriers to learning for sustainability: a teacher perspective

Sally Parry and Ellen Metzger

Published 2023

Sustainability competences in primary school education – a systematic literature review

Published 2023

One Planet School Report
Teaching Sustainable Development in Primary Schools: An empirical study of issues for teachers

Mike Summers 

Graham Corney

Ann Childs 

From Rhetoric to reality: Examining the policy vision and professional process of enacting Learning for Sustainability in Scottish School

Circular Economy

The role of education in promoting circular economy

Higher Education Based – Tranferrable 

RSA -
The Circular Economy goes to school
Circular economy, cradle to cradle and zero waste frameworks in teacher education for sustainability

Mattius Kowasch 

March 2022

Higher Ed based 

A theoretical framework to address education for sustainability for an earlier transition to a just, low carbon and circular economy

March 2022

Towards an Education for the Circular Economy (ECE): Five Teaching Principles and a Case Study

Julian Kircherr and Laura Prisielli

2019

Circular Economy Council California

Climate Mental Health

Impacts of climate change threaten children’s mental health starting before birth

October 2021

Growing Up Amid Climate Change: Impact on Children’s Mental Health
Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey

The Lancet 

Hickman et al 

2021

World Health Organisation
June 2022
 
Redefining the Classroom: Nurturing Mental Health Through Nature, Arts, and Understanding

From UCL – a series of articles and clips 

Climate Change and Children’s Mental Health: A Developmental Perspective

Vergunst and Berry 

The hope wheel: a model to enable hope-based pedagogy in Climate Change Education

William Finnegan 

Cathy D’Abrue

It’s not just climate: rethinking ‘climate emotions’ in the age of burnout capitalism
September 2024

Michael J Albert 

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