{"id":1076,"date":"2021-10-06T16:51:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:41:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:41:55","slug":"learning-for-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/learning-for-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning for Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Learning for Sustainability<\/span><\/h1>\n

Resources \uf0ad<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What is it?<\/h3>\n

\u201cLearning for Sustainability is learning to live within the environmental limits of our planet and to build a just, equitable and peaceful society. It is essential for the well-being of all and is an international priority.\u201d<\/cite>
(UNESCO, 2013)<\/em><\/p>\n

Learning for Sustainability (LfS) connects people and the planet. It encourages children, practitioners, and communities to explore local and global issues and take action for a fairer, more sustainable future.<\/p>\n

In Scotland, LfS is an entitlement for all learners<\/strong> and a whole-setting approach<\/strong> which weaves together global citizenship, sustainable development education,<\/em> and outdoor learning<\/em> to create meaningful, coherent learning experiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe term Learning for Sustainability<\/em>, coined in Scotland, is now gaining traction internationally as a cross-curricular approach which enables learners, educators and their wider community to build a socially-just, sustainable and equitable society.\u201d<\/cite>
(Target 2030 \u2013 Scotland\u2019s Learning for Sustainability Action Plan 2023-2030)<\/em><\/p>\n

LfS connects people and the planet. As you can see from the Sketchnote from Education Scotland, it provides a wide range of contexts and themes for learning for everyone and includes exploring what can be challenging and complicated issues, in relevant and inspiring contexts across the curriculum.<\/p>\n

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For more information follow the link below \uf358<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Learning for Sustainability advice and guidance | Resources | Education Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n

Key Messages:<\/h3>\n
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  • Learning for Sustainability is a core part of Curriculum for Excellence<\/strong> and central to children\u2019s rights, wellbeing, and empowerment.<\/li>\n
  • Early level experiences nurture curiosity, care, and connection<\/em> with the natural world.<\/li>\n
  • Practitioners model sustainable values through everyday choices, critical thinking discussions and relationships.<\/li>\n
  • LfS supports children\u2019s voice, participation, and responsibility for themselves, others, and their environment.<\/li>\n
  • Embedding LfS is not an add-on \u2014 rather, much like embedding the UNCRC, it\u2019s a mindset that runs through all areas of early learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \u00a0“Through outdoor play, children are learning about sustainability, gaining a deeper understanding of how to care for and preserve their natural environment.”<\/cite><\/p>\n

    The Quality improvement framework, Children experience high quality spaces. Children influence and affect change. p22<\/p>\n

    \u2018Creativity and learning for sustainability are embedded in our curriculum design\u2019 P33 Curriculum, curriculum rationale and design<\/p>\n

    Ways we can do this:<\/h3>\n
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    • Provide daily opportunities for outdoor play and exploration<\/strong>, using local spaces to build connection with nature.<\/li>\n
    • Encourage reuse, reduce, recycle<\/strong> habits in playroom routines and resourcing.<\/li>\n
    • Support child-led inquiries<\/strong> into real-world issues (e.g. \u201cWhere does our food come from?\u201d or \u201cHow can we help the birds in winter?\u201d).<\/li>\n
    • Embed global citizenship and fairness<\/strong> through stories, songs, and discussions.<\/li>\n
    • Involve families and community partners in sustainable projects.<\/li>\n
    • Reflect together on how we care for people, places, and our planet<\/em>.<\/li>\n
    • Growing and caring for plants in the nursery garden.<\/li>\n
    • Setting up a recycling or compost station.<\/li>\n
    • Planning a kindness or community action project.<\/li>\n
    • Exploring seasonal changes through outdoor learning.<\/li>\n
    • Using storybooks and play to explore fairness, friendship, and care for our world.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Learning for Sustainability Resources \uf0ad\u00a0 What is it? \u201cLearning for Sustainability is learning to live within the environmental limits of our planet and to build a just, equitable and peaceful society. It is essential for the well-being of all and is an international priority.\u201d(UNESCO, 2013) Learning for Sustainability (LfS) connects people and the planet. It …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7767,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1076","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20896,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1076\/revisions\/20896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}