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The effects of politics on the Global Goals for Sustainable development and its emergence can be
an area itself of research and specialization for the students. The European Union and its
involvement in the development of sustainability goals is an interesting area for further studies by
the students at high school level. How is EU linked to sustainability goals? How does EU plan to
achieve the Global Goals for sustainable development?
You can pick a Global Goal each and find out about the national / local perspective of just that
particular goal, create a public exhibition together with other classes in the same school or other
local schools. You can also make short information videos to show how to use social media to
spread the message about what you can do on the local level making students realise how one as an
individual can contribute.
ESD, physical education and social science can together contribute to an even bigger understanding
of what makes people feel good. Does everyone have the opportunity to feel good? What must be
done to feel good and why is it so important?

Whole School Approach to Education for Sustainable Development
As mentioned earlier, “children do not do as they are told, they do as we do.”33 For years, attempts
have been made both in Sweden and England to get this concept to work thus getting the whole
school to be involved in the education of sustainable development. To quote Håkan Writén,
Secretary General, WWF Sweden, “These schools are living and real-life example of how to
develop the values, leaderships, teaching and other things connected with a school such school
property, playgrounds, and immediate neighbourhood, under one umbrella”34
According to the report, “Sustainable schools – Schools
working with sustainable development”, the responsibility of
such a school, whose ambition is to equip individuals to cope
with a sustainable future, is much more than that developing
good teaching methods or serving an occasional vegetarian or
organic lunch in the school lunch-room. The report states that
“in order to meet the challenges of the future, we must link an
overarching approach to the school in a lifelong learning
experience” (Sustainable schools). It has therefore presented
six developmental areas that strengthen the role schools play
in sustainable development:
Core value and participation: Every school has its own goal and values but a successful
implication of ESD can happen only if everyone is involved. A school consists not only of
pedagogues but also of the administrative staff, the recreation leaders, the catering staff, the
environment.html and www.cbsnews.com/news/french-minister-blames-nutella-for-growing-deforestation/ (assessed
20th of July, 2016)
33 Common Swedish proverb
34 Sustainable schools - schools working with sustainable development. A report by WWF Sweden.
http://www.wwf.se/utbildning-gammal/wwf-education/material/1409051-wwf-education-material assessed, 29th of
December 2015. Further reference to this publication will be within brackets and as Sustainable schools.

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