Sustainable Education Handbook: Curriculum

Environemntal Sustainability and Creating a More Humane Future

» A Sustainable Development Curriculum Framework for World History & Cultures (9-12)

Contact: Global Learning, Inc., 1018 Stuyvesant Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
ISBN: 0-928630-001
908-964-1114
Discussions and activities about equity issues, ethics, values and creating an economically viable (for all peoples and cultures) world. Good discussion of world politics and potential scenarios.

» Creating a Humane and Environmentally Sustainable Future / Positive Futures Fair (7-12)

Contact: Dr. Debra Rowe, Oakland Community College, 739 S. Washington, Royal Oak, MI 48067
248-246-2553 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
free curriculum
A class project where students envision positive scenarios for the future. Fun and easy to implement. Curriculum covers topics including science, social studies, language arts and life skills.

» Junior World Game (6-12)

Contact: Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center, Judy Piazza, 2575 Indian Lake Rd, Oxford, MI 48370
248-693-1021 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Workshop (fee $375 or $575 for 2 workshops)
Multi-media game played with an entire class on a large dymaxion map of the world. Students interact with accurate information about the distribution of world resources (food, population, energy and literacy) and develop strategies to make the world work for 100% of humanity.

» Ocean Arks International: Building an Educational Living Machine™ (K-12)

Contact: Marc Companion at www.oceanarks.org or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Cost: $25 for manual
Create a Living Machine in your classroom (creating water habitats for water purification). Excellent curriculum for sustainable education, teacher generated & tested curricula, sample activities primarily written for K-8 though actual curricula appropriate for K-12.

» The Shape of Change (9-12)

Contact: Creative Change Educational Solutions, Susan Santone, 229 Miles St. Ypsilanti MI 48198-4017
734-482-0924 or educhange@igc,org
$35 Introduction to Sustainability Curriculum (Module I)
$50 towards a Sustainable Economy (Module II)
Curriculum uses a fable as its initial teaching tool. Module I teaches students how to think, evaluate, learn connections and evaluate evolving practices and programs such as The Natural Step. Module II includes a 6 week course on economics and sustainability, globalization, human rights, externalizing costs and new measures of progress. All curriculum is coordinated with the goals and objectives of Michigan Educational System.

» The World Pledge (K-5)

Contact: Lillian Genser
248-545-3207
Curriculum helps students identify their role as human beings with rights and responsibilities toward themselves and other members of the world. Activities, vocabulary, reading extensions (fiction and non fiction) and poster included. Excellent for K-2 students integrated science, arts, social studies and math curriculum.

» Youth Scenarios for a Sustainable Future: Visions for the Year 2100 (7-12)

Contact: Planet-TECH Associates, Seth J. Itzkan, 135 Prospect Hill Rd., Harvard, MA 01451
978-456-2702 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Middle and high school web-based curriculum provides units on futures thinking including trend identification, environmental scanning, scenario writing, sustainable development, population growth, climate change and ecological economics. Science, social studies, and community involvement addressed.