Educational Institutions
Professional organizations often produce their own standards and best practices lists. The North American Association for Environmental Education has produced a detailed "Guidelines for Excellence" in educational programming. Some educational institutions that focus on ESD include:
- London South Bank University, with a Masters program in Education for Sustainability
- Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education
- Ramapo College
- St Francis Xavier College (Canberra)
- Prescott College, with a PhD program in Sustainability Education
- Ithaca College
- Göncöl Foundation
- Hermit Park State School
- Centre for Sustainability
- Creative Change Educational Solutions
- Learning for a Sustainable Future
- Green Education Foundation
- Centre for Alternative Technology's Education Department
In other parts of the world, some active organizations are
- Baltic University Programme, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad, India
- International - Curricula Educators Association- ICEA. Cairo, Egypt.
- Global Action Plan (GAP) International
- SWEDESD, the Swedish International Centre of Education for Sustainable Development, Visby
- The NOW! Organization
- Moncton High School runs an ESD program in conjunction with Prof. Michael Fox from Mount Allison University
- CCLP Worldwide, an international NGO having Special Consultative status with United Nations ECOSOC is involved with campaign of Education Charter International which supports the aims of ESD Education Charter International
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