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Appendices  \n  3  \n 4  \n  6  \n  7  \n…14  \n…21  \n…23  \n…26  \n…27  \nIntroduction  \nEveryone today has a heavy obligation to both current and future generations-to ensure that our world is one of abundance not scarcity…the potential for engaging humanity in creating better futures together has never been greater. -UNESCO, 2021  \nSustainability is a term that is used in many different contexts by multiple different organisations to describe approaches to living, doing business, and treating people that are fair, future minded and do good instead of harm. Often, this is done with a commercial motive, which can lead to questions about the trustworthiness of the claims and the effectiveness of the suggested courses of action. In turn, this can lead to confusion and to people not being clear about what sustainable behaviours are, the true meaning of sustainability and whether sustainability can even be achieved.  \nThere is no doubt that our climate is changing, our world is becoming smaller due to increasing population size across the world, resources are becoming scarcer, and inequalities are getting more pronounced between rich and poor nations. The global pandemic has exacerbated these problems and added further ones. Organisationsand Governments around the world have agreed that we must do all we can to ensure a sustainable future. We have been inspired to act by the plans that have been agreed by the most powerful and influential organisations in the world, including the ’17 Sustainable Development Goals’ put forward by the United Nations, the Government’s‘ Net Zero: Build back greener’ strategy, and, most importantly for our College and School partners, the Department for Education’s ‘Sustainability and Climate Change’strategy from April 2022.  \nIn addition to Pearson’s own three sustainability pillars of Products, People and Planet, we are supporting the mission of colleges and schools to achieve their own sustainability targets. In this guide we provide a framework for sustainable education and hints and tips of how you can seamlessly implement this in your teaching practice without any significant impact on preparation and delivery time. There are exercisesand activities for you to undertake with students, case studies to explore and examples of where sustainability can be embedded into lessons, helping learners to understand how they can make a real impact in ensuring a sustainable future. This guide may become part of your current plans as a part of your sustainability goals, or it may sit alongside them as a supplement.  \nSustainability Education  \nWhat is sustainability?  \nSustainability is the ability to maintain or support a process over time. Therefore, it is a concept that is fundamentally linked with resource use, the environment, economy and society and it has become very popular because of the climate crisis, and rising poverty and inequality. The term is used to think about the sustainability of resources, behaviours, and practices over time.  \nA ‘sustainable’ resource is one that can be used indefinitely without the danger of it running out or damaging those who use it or those who are affected by it. Put simply, ifa resource or action is ‘sustainable’, it must be repeatable in the long-term and the cost-benefits of any damage it does through its use must be stacked in favour of doing more good than harm. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provided a blueprint for peace, prosperity, people and the planet. At the centre of this are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are a united urgent call for global","cbCaigYG5Kgc4ef3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigYG5Kgc4ef3","pdf",686931,32,"English","# Introduction\n# Sustainability Education\n# The three key areas to embed in BTEC Nationals\n## Embedding sustainability mindset\n## Embedding sustainability skills\n## Embedding sustainability practices\n# Developing sustainability ‘thinking’\n# What further resource is out there?\n# Appendices","[{\"question\":\"How does the guide define sustainability and why is it important for education?\",\"answer\":\"Sustainability is described as the ability to maintain or support a process over time, linked to resources, environment, economy, and society. 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