Open-access resources
The All We Can Save Project is on a mission to embed climate truth, courage, and just solutions in education.
Explore resources, tools, topics and more to understand how climate change impacts health, and what can be done about it.
An expert-reviewed repository of learning objectives, slides, and cases for climate change and health curricula.
A webpage full of teaching materials, ideas and resources, developed by DEAL in collaboration with the student movement Rethinking Economics.
A collection of resources for kindergarten to post-secondary educators and organizational partners interested in developing and incorporating content on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their educational curriculum.
Resources for service-learning and project-based sustainability education. They focus on clean technologies, sustainable agriculture and food systems, healthcare resilience in the face of climate change, and education and job creation in STEM fields are pillars of their approach.
A document to assist British Columbia teachers of all subjects and grades to integrate environmental concepts into teaching and learning.
Fun environmental science activities and resources for your education curriculum.
Health Care Without Harm works to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health and justice.
Articles and case studies on sustainable Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence, Climate Tech, Computing, Consumer Electronics, Energy, Semiconductors, and Transportation.
High-quality classroom resources for all grades and subjects.
This toolkit houses a wide range of climate-justice-adaptable teaching modules, a starter guide for teaching climate justice, resources for students, and climate justice data sets that can serve as supportive tools to enhance teaching content and approaches.
Free engineering courses with sustainability applications.
A collection of 700+ free ready-to-use rigorously reviewed resources by educators and scientists. Suitable for secondary through higher education classrooms.
This resource has been designed for educators in any discipline who are looking to either begin or further explore nature connection in post-secondary environments. With contextual and academic background on related topics, the authors layer in interview testimony from real educators to showcase the diversity of approaches and experiences.
A wide array of materials to support environmental education (EE) professionals. Explore and contribute resources such as lesson plans, activities, publications, and media, all curated by professionals worldwide.
A platform developed by the UN CC that offers a comprehensive suite of free online courses aimed at enhancing understanding and action on climate change.
Yale provides lectures and other materials from selected Yale College courses to the public free of charge via the Internet.
A course presented in video units and in-depth conversations, combining Project Drawdown’s trusted resources with the expertise of several inspiring voices from around the world.
50+ free Massive Open Online Courses taught by a global faculty from the United Nations, The World Bank, universities such as New York University, Harvard University, the University of Oxford, the Stockholm Resilience Centre, and other academic, government, and non-profit institutions.
A Teaching Tools post, offering readings and three in-class exercises that ask students to examine not only the cradle-to-grave process aspects of making and discarding electronic objects, but also the meanings that these objects carry with them as they travel with us through our lives.
Members of AASHE’s Scaling Up Sustainability Across the Curriculum Community of Practice produced this guide for instructors in their curriculum development workshops and for others who seek to integrate sustainability across the curriculum in higher education.
AASHE empowers higher education faculty, administrators, staff and students to be effective change agents and drivers of sustainability innovation. They work with and for higher education to ensure that our world’s future leaders are motivated and equipped to solve sustainability challenges.
The CSPA is a nonprofit think tank for sustainability in arts and culture. They provide resources for artists who consider issues of sustainability in their artistic work. They publish, electronically and in print, associated research in this field to reflect the myriad ways in which sustainability in the arts is discussed, approached and practiced.
NOAA Climate.gov provides timely and authoritative scientific data and information about climate science, adaptation, and mitigation. Their goals are to promote public understanding of climate science and climate-related events, to make NOAA data products and services easy to access and use, to provide climate-related support to the private sector and economy, and to serve people making climate-related decisions with tools and resources that help them answer specific questions.
The Journal of Sustainability Education (JSE) serves as a forum for academics and practitioners to share, critique, and promote research, practices, and initiatives that foster the integration of economic, ecological, and social-cultural dimensions of sustainability within formal and non-formal educational contexts.
A collection of theses from the College of Sustainability undergraduate honours students.
A global perspective on sustainable engineering education. This report highlights the crucial role of engineering in achieving each of the 17 SDGs. It shows how equal opportunities for all is key to ensuring an inclusive and gender balanced profession that can better respond to the shortage of engineers for implementing the SDGs.
Inspired by Waterloo at 100’s vision of Global Futures, this collection aims to foster understanding and spark meaningful actions to mitigate the climate emergency. It features several relevant items from UW Library’s Special Collections & Archives. This curated booklist highlights the critical themes of 1) sustainable development and innovations, 2) policy, governance, and social justice, and 3) the intricate connections between health, environment, and ecosystems.