Sustainable development

Pupils learn to respect and care for each other and the world around them. They appreciate that economic development is only one aspect of quality of life.

Extract from the DfES document Developing the global dimension in the school curriculum:

Understanding the need to maintain and improve the quality of life now without damaging the planet for future generations.

This can include:

• recognising that some of the earth’s resources are finite and therefore must be used responsibly by each of us;
• understanding the interconnections between the social, economic and environmental spheres;
• considering probable and preferable futures and how to achieve the latter;
• appreciating that economic development is only one aspect of quality of life;
• understanding that exclusion and inequality hinder sustainable development for all;
• respecting each other;
• appreciating the importance of sustainable resource use – rethink, reduce, repair, re-use, recycle - and obtaining materials from sustainably managed sources.