Intent of Educational Sustainable Development (ESD)

Explain how and why Educational Sustainable Development (ESD) is important in Further Education.

• ESD integrates key sustainable development issues into teaching and learning.

• ESD focuses solely on environmental issues.

• ESD is not relevant to Further Education.

• ESD is only about economic growth.

How can you embed relevant Educational Sustainable Development (ESD) into your curriculum?

• By integrating ESD principles into existing subjects

• By ignoring ESD principles

• By removing all other subjects

• By focusing only on traditional teaching methods

Developing in a way that meets the needs of today without compromising the needs of the future is known as:

• Sustainable development

• Economic growth

• Technological advancement

• Resource exploitation

In what year did the United Nations agree on a plan with 17 Sustainable Development Goals?

• 2010

• 2015

• 2020

• 2025

In 2022, the Department for Education released a statement saying, "Green jobs will not be niche. We anticipate that sustainability and climate change will touch every career." What does this statement imply about the future of careers?

• Sustainability and climate change will be integral to all careers.

• Green jobs will remain niche and specialized.

• Only environmental careers will be affected by sustainability.

• Sustainability will not impact traditional careers.

What changes have the ETF made to their standards?

• ETF has made no changes to their standards.

• ETF has updated their standards to include new environmental guidelines.

• ETF has removed all previous standards.

• ETF has made changes to their standards to include new financial regulations.

How do the new ETF standards promote sustainability in education?

• By integrating environmental education into the curriculum

• By increasing funding for educational institutions

• By promoting digital learning platforms

• By reducing the number of school days

Discussion: Why do our learners need to learn about sustainability?

• To understand the impact of human activities on the environment

• To promote economic growth

• To ignore environmental issues

• To focus solely on technological advancements

What is a rule of sustainability according to the image?

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

• Increase consumption

• Ignore environmental impact

• Focus solely on economic growth

Sunset jobs are:

• Jobs that are in high demand

• Jobs that are becoming obsolete

• Jobs that require working during sunset

• Jobs that are related to the solar industry