The environmental toolkit for teachers : first steps to sustainability / Neil Fraser ; illustrations by Hanna Forsgren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraser, Neil, 1966- author.

Contributor:

Forsgren, Hanna, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Environmental Toolkit for Teachers is the essential guide to reducing your school's ecological footprint and creating and embedding a sustainability ethos. Whether you are a teacher eager to make your classroom a more eco-friendly environment or a head teacher who wants to set up a whole school project, there are practical strategies and activities in this book for you. Written by an expert environmental education, this book includes 75 eco-projects and lessons that cover how to manage litter, waste and energy efficiently in a time saving, cost effective manner. Each project is tried and t

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Why become an Eco-School?; Setting the context; Contextual facts; The tools; Environmental management basics; Environmental management and schools; How to implement environmental management; Key tasks of an Eco-Teacher; Routes to sustainability; Encouraging sustainable behaviour change; The 4 Es: enable, engage, exemplify, encourage; Questions and answers regarding the 4 Es; 2 Taking action on litter; Introduction to litter management; Eco-Schools and litter; Know your litter; Resources for litter management

Understanding school litter managementGetting started with litter management; Litter clearing; Reducing litter; 3 Taking action on waste; Introduction to waste management; Eco-Schools and waste minimisation; Know your waste; Resources for waste management; Understanding the school waste management; Getting started with waste management; Paper; Food; Packaging; Resource efficiency and recycled procurement; 4 Taking action on energy; Introduction to energy management; Eco-Schools and energy; Know your energy; Resources for energy management; Understanding school energy management

Getting started with energy managementHeating; Lighting; Small power machines; Alternative and renewable energy; Resources; Case studies; List of useful resources; Appendices; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4411-6036-1

1-4411-2822-0

OCLC:

871781430