The Sustainability Teaching Resource Library contains around 100 reports, toolkits, multimedia and more, to support faculty creating and updating teaching materials. Curated and maintained by the Sustainability Hub to advance sustainability teaching and learning at UBC.

Project Learning Tree

PLT is an environmental education program that offers professional development workshops and educational resources for teachers. Their materials include curriculum guides, activity books, and online courses that focus on forest conservation, wildlife, and sustainable living

Keywords: Youth Education, Ecology, Lesson Plans  
Link to Resource: https://www.plt.org/

Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Educational resource
Course Activities & Assignments
Project Learning Tree

National Geographic Education

Their materials include lesson plans, interactive maps, videos, and articles that explore topics such as biodiversity, conservation, and sustainable development.

Keywords: Youth Education, Society, Lesson Plans
Link to Resource: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/education-resources/

Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Educational resource
Course Activities & Assignments
National Geographic

World Wildlife Fund Education

WWF offers a range of educational resources for teachers, including lesson plans, activities, and teaching guides on various sustainability topics.  

Keywords: Youth Education, Biodiverity, Lesson Plans
Link to Resource: https://www.worldwildlife.org/teaching-resources

Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Educational resource
Course Activities & Assignments
World Wildlife Fund

NASA Climate Kids

NASA Climate Kids provides educational resources, games, activities, and articles focused on climate change and sustainability. The resources are designed for different age groups and cover various aspects of climate science and environmental stewardship.  

Keywords: Youth Education, Science, Climate Link to
Resource: https://climatekids.nasa.gov/

Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Educational resource
Course Activities & Assignments
NASA Climate Kids

Coping with Climate Change Distress

This information sheet is on how to deal with the distress and stress of not just knowing that climate change is a threat, but also feeling that it is a threat.  

Keywords: Emotions Strategies, Behaviour Strategies, Cognitive Strategies  
Link to Resource: https://psychology.org.au/getmedia/cf076d33-4470-415d-8acc-75f375adf2f3/...

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Educational resource
Textbook/Books/Reports
Australian Psychology Society

Learning for Sustainable Futures

Founded in 1991 by a diverse group of youth, educators, business leaders, government and community members, LSF is a non-profit Canadian organization that was created to integrate sustainability education into Canada’s education system.

Keywords: Youth Education, Teacher Resources, Policy & Research
Link to Resource: https://lsf-lst.ca/about/

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Policy, Economics & Governance
Educational resource
Web-based Resources
Learning for Sustainable Futures

ClimeTime OER Commons

All nine Educational Service Districts (ESDs) in Washington are launching programs for science teacher training around Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and climate science, thanks to grant money made available to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) by Governor Inslee. This group includes teacher professional development and instructional materials resources developed under this grant. All ClimeTime developed resources are shared through the OER Commons group.  

Keywords: Youth Education, Resource Development Guidance, Community Science
Link to Resource: https://oercommons.org/groups/climetime/4081/

Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Educational resource
Course Activities & Assignments
ClimeTime

Global Social Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Open database from the Global Social Reporting Initiative. Covers all types of sustainability reports, whether GRI-based or otherwise, and relevant information related to the reporting organizations.

Keywords: Public Policy, Sustainable Reporting, Sustainable Development
Link to Resource: https://www.globalreporting.org/

Data & Technology
Policy, Economics & Governance
Production, Consumption & Waste
Educational resource
Web-based Resources
Global Reporting Initiative

Fatal Consumption: rethinking sustainable development 

Why do we claim to value sustainability while acting in anunsustainable fashion? How can we reduce our consumption drasticallyand move toward a sustainable social system when our society isspecifically based on consumption? These two linked questions are atthe heart of this important book, the result of a four-yearinterdisciplinary study of British Columbia's Lower FraserBasin.

Keywords: Consumption, Urban Areas, Social Change Link to
Resource: https://www.ubcpress.ca/fatal-consumption

Human Well-being & Social Systems
Policy, Economics & Governance
Production, Consumption & Waste
Educational resource
Textbook/Books/Reports
2000
Robert F Woollards and Aleck Samuel Ostry

Ocean Education: Developing knowledge, caring, and taking action

This speaker series and accompanying open educational resources are centered on the Salish Sea and will help participants learn about and consider relevant interdisciplinary research and how it is impacting, or might impact, our practice.

Keywords: Ecology, Ocean Optimism, Biodiversity
Link to Resource: https://elvlc.educ.ubc.ca/ocean-education-developing-knowledge-caring-an...

Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Educational resource
Multi-media (Videos, Podcasts)
2023
UBC Edith Lando Virtual Learning Center

Education for Sustainable Development from Kindergarden to University: An SDG Toolkit for Educators Development from Kindergarten to University: An SDG Toolkit for Educators

This toolkit is 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

Keywords: SDGs, Pedagogy, Youth
Link to Resource: https://sustain.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/SDG%20K-U%20Toolkit%20v.8.pdf

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Educational resource
Toolkits and Guides
2022
UBC Sustainability Hub

Teacher Resources

This instructional resource referred to as the TEACHER’S GUIDE brings together a number of enticing educational components – outdoor experiential learning, place-based education, game development, digital & field mapping, and most importantly a clear understanding of climate change issues – all tailored to the new BC curriculum.  

Keywords: Pedagogy, Outdoor experiential learning, Place-based education
Link to Resource: https://calp.forestry.ubc.ca/teacher-resources/

Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Natural Resources
Educational resource
Course Activities & Assignments
2015
UBC Forestry Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Plannng

UBC Geering Up Engineering Outreach

UBC Geering Up Engineering Outreach is a non- profit, student-run organization dedicated to promoting science, engineering, and technology to the children and youth of British Columbia through fun, innovative, and hands-on experiments and projects.

Keywords: Learning Resources, Sciences, Kids Education  
Link to Resource: https://www.youtube.com/@GeeringUp/videos

Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Data & Technology
Educational resource
Multi-media (Videos, Podcasts)
UBC Geering Up

UBC Geering Up Resources

From neurotechnology to sustainable energy sources, the young people featured in our podcast are working to better their communities through hard work and ingenuity. Episodes run around 45 minutes each.

Keywords: Education, Creative Engineering, Quantum HUb
Link to Resource: https://geeringup.apsc.ubc.ca/stem-resources/general-information/youth-i...

Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Data & Technology
Educational resource
Toolkits and Guides
UBC Geering Up

Environmental Engineering resources

Research skills and resources for environmental engineering students.  

Keywords: Research skills, civil engineering,  
Link to Resource: https://guides.library.ubc.ca/environmental_engineering

Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Natural Resources
Educational resource
Toolkits and Guides
UBC Library

Resources, Environment and Sustainability (RES) Resources Library

Library Resources for British Columbia, Canada and Internationally.  

Keywords: Policy, Natural resources, Agriculture
Link to Resource: https://guides.library.ubc.ca/c.php?g=306849&p=5068048

Climate Change & Energy
Natural Resources
Educational resource
Toolkits and Guides
UBC Library

Climate Change Resource Guide

Climate change is the most significant threat globally and a key area of research in almost every discipline. This guide offers resources for researching climate change as well as news and UBC specific information.

Keywords: Climate research, UBC milestones,  
Link to Resource: https://guides.library.ubc.ca/climate

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Educational resource
Toolkits and Guides
UBC Library

Climate Action Resource Library

The Library #Climate Action Team (L#CAT) was formed to address the existential threat posed by climate change within the UBC Library context. L#CAT works to identify and implement UBC strategic priorities and recommendations laid out in the UBC Declaration on the Climate Emergency, UBC Climate Emergency Task Force report, and the Climate Action Plan 2030.

Keywords: Sustainable Travel, Climate Action, Learning Resources  
Link to Resource: https://guides.library.ubc.ca/climate/ubclibrary

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Educational resource
Web-based Resources
UBC Library

UBC EOAS Climate Myth Busters Video Series

 This series showcases brief, 1-minute videos featuring EOAS graduate students and faculty debunking widespread misconceptions about Earth's climate.

Keywords: Weather, Climate Models, Climate Change
Link to Resource: https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/climate-crisis/eoas-climate-myth-busters-video-s...

Climate Change & Energy
Natural Resources
Educational resource
Multi-media (Videos, Podcasts)
2023
UBC EOAS

EOAS Climate Colloquia

The climate crisis colloquia series, running from January 13th to February 17th, 2022, is a series of talks exploring the intersections between earth science and a society-spanning response to the climate crisis.  

Keywords: Climate Change, Energy, Society
Link to Resource: https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/climate-crisis/eoas-climate-colloquia

Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Natural Resources
Educational resource
Multi-media (Videos, Podcasts)
2022
UBC EOAS

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