HOT TOPIC – SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES
CONTENTS
Links to UN SDGs
Learning Toolkits for Sustainable Lifestyles
Anatomy of Action
Mindfulness and Sustainable Consumption
Global Citizenship Skills for Sustainable Lifestyles
Options, Opportunities and Sustainable Choices
LINKS TO UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Material on Sustainable Lifestyles can be found in the Resource Lists for SDG12: Responsible Consumption and Production.
LEARNING TOOLKITS FOR SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES
These ‘guides’ and ‘learning toolkits’ provide practical and accessible examples of learning for Sustainable Lifestyles. ‘Sustainable Lifestyles’ can be approached from different angles, so you can choose an approach which fits best with your individual, community or classroom context.
Anatomy of Action
The #AnatomyofAction from UNEP and UNSchool Design outlines the individual everyday choices and changes that each of us can make to contribute towards global sustainability.
The web-based online toolkit is HERE: anatomyofaction.org
[DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION HERE: http://anatomyofaction.org/UNEP_UnSchool_AnatomyOfAction_DataValidationReport_June2019.pdf]
Mindfulness and Sustainable Consumption
This toolkit is divided into THREE MODULES which develop and extend the practice of mindfulness from the PERSONAL to the SOCIAL and ECOLOGICAL dimensions. The activities can be easily integrated into lessons or class and community activities.
You can access an online version of the toolkit at: http://ifan-berlin.de/mindfulness-and-consumption
[DOWNLOAD PDF HERE: Education for Sustainable Consumption through Mindfulness: Active Methodology Toolkit, PERL, 2018.]
Global Citizenship Skills for Sustainable Lifestyles
This toolkit employs active learning methodologies to engage students and to develop core citizenship and sustainability capabilities such as critical and creative thinking; collaborative learning; complex problem solving; systems thinking; self evaluation and reflection; and environmental stewardship and social justice.
It is organised around five key themes: Global Citizenship; Values; Habits; Finances; and Media Literacy
You can access an online version of the toolkit at: http://s-education.org/
[DOWNLOAD PDF HERE: Jump into Sustainable Lifestyles: Education for Sustainable Development: Active Methodology Toolkit, PERL, 2018.]
Options, Opportunities and Sustainable Choices
This publication from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) focuses on lifestyle areas in which there are opportunities for sustainable choices and change.
These include: food; mobility; consumer goods;housing and leisure.
[DOWNLOAD PDF HERE: Sustainable Lifestyles: Options and Opportunities, UNEP, 2018]
