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Rock Hopping, Yoga and Student Empowerment: A Case Study of a Sustainable School

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

Suzanne Potter
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Abstract

Despite increasing recognition that whole-school approaches to sustainability have an important contribution to make in moving society towards a more sustainable existence, progress in this area remains slow. By examining the practices of the Ananda Marga River School, a small independent school in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland of Queensland, this paper aims to provide ideas and encouragement for teachers and school managers who wish to maximise the influence that schools can have on creating a more sustainable future. The following case study highlights the School's success at implementing practices that focus not only on resource management and greening the school grounds, but also on areas such as governance, partnerships, pedagogical approaches and curriculum development.

Keywords

whole-school approaches to sustainabilityeducation for sustainabilitysustainable schoolsneo-humanist educationand educational philosophy
Type
Research Article
Information
Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 23 , 2007 , pp. 13 - 21
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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