Presents guiding questions for learning more about the environment. Each question includes an on-line example to inspire community-based projects for sustainability. This strategy places students in circumstances in which they can increase awareness and the capacity for decisions that favor sustainable communities. (Author/NB)

Qualitatively studies issues that arise for teachers when planning and teaching sustainable development in primary classrooms. Identifies seven key issues and considers how the teaching seen in this study compares with conceptions of education for sustainable development found in the literature. An appendix contains the theoretical framework.…

Comparison of the sustainable livelihoods approach of a development agency and the British government's "healthcheck" approach to town regeneration found common emphasis on participation and community-led action. However, sustainable likelihoods emphasized a focus on poverty, building on strengths, and social capital as an asset.…

Case studies of three Indian businesses showed they were engaged in different types of community development: defensive, narrow, and positive. Addition of a sustainable livelihoods approach could add depth to business-community relationships with an outward focus, ability to deal with complexity, and emphasis on corporate citizenship. (Contains 27…

Reviews and critiques the processes, circumstances, and leadership that enabled Northland College to make significant progress toward sustainability. An Environmental Council that supported strong linkages between student learning and sustainability was key to the progress. The council was an incubator of leadership from which students, faculty,…

Details the design of the Bahen Centre for Information Technology at the University of Toronto, particularly its emphasis on "green," or sustainable, design. Includes floor plans and photographs. (EV)

Discusses how institutions of higher education can use their campus environments as a teaching tool and laboratory for finding solutions to environmental dilemmas and ensure that their campus operations, including the landscape, are exemplary models of environmental practice--even if it means far fewer expanses of lawn. Includes a list of…

Interviews explored the information needs of seven Dutch policymakers dealing with global sustainability. They sought information on cultural perspectives and linkages. Information gathering emphasized filtering to find specific information. Most used an application-oriented working style that, combined with policy-driven information seeking, was…

Provides a history of farming practices in a densely populated area of Kenya where a recent study of the resource management practices showed positive, not negative, influences of increasing population density on both environmental conservation and productivity. (LZ)

Discusses sustainable science, epistemology and the scientific mystique, C. P. Snow's "Two Cultures," awareness of epistemology, the old scientific method, Non-Western ways of knowing, tribal knowledge, and a sustainable future. (16 references) (MKR)

Examines the symbiotic relationship between tribal peoples of India, forests, and wildlife. Discusses the utilization and conservation of wild plant diversity and primitive cultivars, the conservation of virgin forest, and knowledge about medicinal herbs. (LZ)

In Sierra Leone, two church-sponsored programs are focused on sustainable development. The Wesleyan Development Education and Awareness Programme trains people to initiate community projects. Women's Loan Scheme encourages development of small-scale enterprises. (SK)

The Littoral et Vie website (http://umoncton.ca/littoral-vie) uses the Healthy Cities approach to provide information to and collect opinions of citizens on environmental issues in a Canadian region. The process of website development yielded lessons for design and implementation of similar sites. (SK)

Examines the limitations associated with the language of sustainability and their implications for environmental thinking. Explores what sustainability is not by using the idea of digital watches as a metaphor. Uses contemporary examples from advertising, curriculum development, and wildlife management to illustrate the central theme. (Author/SAH)

Presents an excerpt from Dr. Noel J. Brown's speech at the National Forum on "Partnerships Supporting Education about the Environment" in which he examines the interconnections between environmental education, economic conditions, and sustainability in the broadest sense. (JRH)