Curriculum for the Bioregion Initiative
Big Ideas,
Learning Outcomes, Skills, and References
Relevant to a
Sustainability Course or Curriculum
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Definitions and Facets of Sustainability
Click here
to
download a printable document with a variety of definitions of sustainability
and sustainable development. It is
useful to get students thinking about the commonalities and departures in the
many definitions.
What follows is a list of the facets of sustainability that has
been adapted from Wals and Jickling
(2002) . 22
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“Sustainability has many faces and
features which greatly enhance its educational potential from a more emancipatory perspective.” These faces include sustainability
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A dynamic and evolving concept; |
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A movement, a vision to work toward; |
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Ideological and therefore political; |
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Negotiated, the result of ongoing negotiations; |
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Contextual, its
meaning is dependent on the situation in which it is used; |
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Controversial
and the source of conflict; |
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Normative, ethical and moral; |
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Innovation or a catalyst for change; |
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A heuristic, a tool to aid thinking; |
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Interdisciplinary and holistic in nature; |
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A (temporary)
stepping stone in the evolution of environmental education and of
environmental thought. |
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