Sustainable DevelopmentAction Plan
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Contents:1. Foreword 4
2. Introduction 6
3. NCSL’s Sustainable Development Action Plan 8
4. Current activity contributing to sustainable development 9
5. Three year aims and actions towards them in 2007-08 10
6. Measuring and communicating progress 16
Annexes:1. Resource Pack: 17
• Policy developments on sustainable development
and education for sustainable development 17
• Education for sustainable development initiatives
and projects 19
2. Campus / Curriculum / Community schools framework
and sustainable development 22
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1. ForewordSchool leavers, whether they enter the workplace or go on to further
education, will find themselves in a world facing serious environmental
and social challenges. They will need skills, knowledge and
understanding to be able to make a more sustainable way of life a
reality. This is why this action plan is so important and so timely.
There is already a great deal of concern from young people about green
issues, and an appetite to make change happen.1 As a sector, education
needs to harness this energy and enthusiasm so that our future citizens
are able to help deliver creative and innovative solutions to the pressing
issues of our world.
NCSL, like many schools, is only just beginning to learn how it can best
support the goal of a more sustainable future. We have already begun,
through our research on Green School Leadership, to explore how
effective schools are supporting sustainable development and how
school leaders more widely are engaging with the issues.
We are committed to supporting school leaders as they make a positive
impact within and beyond their schools. This Action Plan will drive our
work to ensure the leaders of schools, now and in the future,
are supported in taking sustainability forward.
“There is already a great deal ofconcern from young people aboutgreen issues, and an appetite tomake change happen”.
1. According to a recent survey, children are more concerned about climate change (74%) thanhaving a boyfriend/girlfriend (41%) or doing their homework (64%). YouGov/RM “School GateSurvey” questioned 1,500, 11-14 year olds across Great Britain about their concerns relating tothe environment.
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Of course, NCSL itself also needs to be a sustainable organisation,
which is why this Action Plan includes a number of internally focused
aims and actions.
Some of the key actions in this Action Plan that I would like to highlight
are our commitments to:
• reduce NCSL’s overall carbon footprint
• integrate sustainable development elements across our programmes
and strategic initiatives for school leaders
• build on our Green School Leadership research to understand how we
can best support school leaders to integrate sustainable development
into their practice, and...
• work in partnership with other agencies to ensure that sustainable
development messages are coherent across the system.
By working together with schools and other agencies, we can learn from
each other and meet the sustainability challenge for all our futures.
Steve Munby
Chief Executive
“We are committed to supportingschool leaders as they make apositive impact within andbeyond their schools”.
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2. Introduction The Government describes sustainable development as a way to ’enable
all people to satisfy their basic needs and enjoy a better quality of life,
without compromising the quality of life of future generations.’
Achieving sustainable development is the responsibility of everyone.
We all have a contribution to make, in both our personal and
professional lives. Equally, organisations in both the public and private
sectors have increasingly come to recognise that they too have a
contribution to make by striving to operate in a sustainable way.
The role of schools in this is perhaps greater than most, since they are
responsible for the development and learning of the next generation of
citizens, they have a large physical estate to manage and they are a key
part of every local community.
This Action Plan sets out NCSL’s commitment to supporting sustainable
development. It covers both how the College will operate internally to
be more sustainable and how we will work with school leaders to
develop their practice in this important area. We recognise that many
school leaders have been working to integrate sustainable development
principles and practices into their schools curricula and ways of working
for many years and we will seek to learn from and build on this practice
as we move forward. We also recognise that sustainable development
cannot be another ‘job’ for school leaders to fulfil, it must be integrated
with and build from their existing vision for learning within their school
and their work to make this a reality.
“Achieving sustainabledevelopment is the responsibilityof everyone”.
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This Action Plan builds on a range of existing policies and thinking from
across government. Securing the Future, the UK Sustainable
Development Strategy (2005), stated that: ‘Sustainable development
principles must lie at the core of the education system, such that
schools, colleges and universities become showcases of sustainable
development amongst the communities that they serve’.
Building on this, the DfES’s Sustainable Schools (2006) consultation states
that ‘We encourage NCSL to build the capacity of school leaders to meet
our 2020 expectations…and look forward to seeing sustainable
development embedded more generally across its programmes and
support for headteachers’. In addition to these specific policies,
a number of other documents make up a coherent direction on
sustainable development in different areas, including education.
These can be found in Annex 1, along with a list of projects and
initiatives that support schools on sustainable development issues.
“Sustainable developmentprinciples must lie at the core ofthe education system”.
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3. NCSL’s SustainableDevelopment Action Plan
The aim of the Action Plan is to set out the College’s role in making
sustainable development a reality, within the context of our three year
Corporate Plan. It includes a set of SMART objectives for how we will
take this forward in 2007/08. The Action Plan has been developed
through a ‘bottom up’ process led by a group of champions drawn from
across the College, steered by a Project Board and the Leadership Group.
We believe that the actions have real buy-in from across the College and
that genuine changes can be made in our internal practices as the Plan
is developed.
Working with Forum for the Future, we have adopted the Five Capitals
framework for our work. The framework considers the resources
available for human progress as different sorts of capital –
environmental, individual, social, infrastructure and financial.2 The idea
behind this approach is that each of the five capitals that make up our
world must be maintained and enhanced so that they can produce a
flow of positive benefits. The diagram in Annex 2 indicates how the
framework can be applied to a school across the three realms of
Campus, Curriculum and Community (as used in the DfES’s Sustainable
Schools framework). We have adopted this approach to help make
positive decisions for sustainability across our work:
• Campus (Corporate operations): our internal operations
and environment
• Curriculum (Core Business): our leadership development offer to
school leaders
• Community: the way the College acts in its role as a local and
sectoral player.
2. The Four capital model was developed by economists at the World Bank; the fifth capital(financial) was added by Forum for the Future to complete the concept. It is used by businessesand the public sector.
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4. Current activity contributingto Sustainable Development
The Action Plan will build on the significant progress already being
made on aspects of sustainability across many of our operations and
strategic objectives. For example, the College already offers modules on
sustainable development in some of its programmes and it is fortunate
in having an exemplar ‘sustainable’ building in its headquarters in
Nottingham. Other existing activities which contribute to sustainable
development include:
Campus / Corporate:
• Provision of bike lockers and showering facilities to encourage cycling
• Recycling of paper, cartridges, cups and other materials
• Provision of a minibus service to reduce the need for car travel
between sites and to/from the train station
Curriculum / Core Business:
• All programmes and initiatives are focused on developing and
supporting school leaders to meet future challenges
• The Building Schools for the Future Leadership Development
programme and other programmes help ensure learning in future
schools is fit for purpose
• Offering optional units on sustainability in leadership development
programmes for school business managers and middle leaders
• Researching into ‘Green School Leadership’ to share best practice in
sustainable development for school leaders
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Community:
• Volunteering policy in place with some staff involved with a local
school
• Spreading the message of sustainable development beyond the
College’s own core educational stakeholders by using the Learning
and Conference Centre to host external conferences
• Procuring produce locally means less mileage on provisions.
5. Three year aims and actionstowards them in 2007/08
Summarised overleaf are 11 aims which have been prioritised by the
College’s Champions Group and filtered and approved by both the
Sustainability Project Board and the Leadership Group. These are
presented under the campus, curriculum and community headings,
and have been cross-checked to see how as a set and individually
they contribute to the five capitals of sustainable development.
The consultation process has revealed a strong commitment to this
agenda across the College and a keenness to see it move forward in
tangible ways.
“The Action Plan will build on the significant progress alreadybeing made”.
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pu
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rpo
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3 y
ear
Aim
sK
ey a
ctio
ns
for
year
1O
utc
om
e b
y en
d o
fJu
ne
2007
Ou
tco
me
by
end
of
Mar
ch 2
008
1.
Esta
bli
sh c
apac
ity
and
exp
erti
se
tod
eliv
er o
n A
ctio
n P
lan
an
d
sust
ain
able
de
velo
pm
ent
wo
rk
wit
hin
NCS
L.
(i)
Ap
po
intm
ent
of
a p
art-
tim
e
Sust
ain
able
De
velo
pm
ent
Pro
ject
Man
ager
th
rou
gh i
nte
rnal
recr
uit
men
t to
tak
e o
n o
vers
igh
t o
f
pro
po
sed
aim
s an
d a
ctio
ns.
(ii)
Est
abli
sh o
ngo
ing
Cham
pio
ns
Gro
up
an
d g
ove
rnan
ce a
rran
gem
ents
to s
up
po
rt a
nd
ste
er
imp
lem
enta
tio
n.
(iii
) Co
ntr
act
wit
h e
xter
nal
su
pp
lier
to p
rovi
de
spec
iali
st s
up
po
rt a
nd
inp
ut
du
rin
g im
ple
men
tati
on
of
SDA
P.
(i)
Ap
po
intm
ent
to p
ost
in
pla
ce
by
mid
-Mar
ch.
All
pro
ject
do
cum
enta
tio
n c
om
ple
te b
y
end
-May
.
(ii)
Mem
ber
ship
, te
rms
of
refe
ren
ce
and
co
re a
ctiv
itie
s o
fCh
amp
ion
s
Gro
up
est
abli
shed
by
end
-May
.
(iii
) Ex
tern
al s
up
pli
er s
ou
rced
an
d
con
trac
ted
by
end
-May
.
(ii)
On
goin
g m
eeti
ngs
an
d
invo
lvem
ent.
(iii
) O
ngo
ing
sup
po
rt i
n p
lace
.
2.
Rai
se a
war
enes
s o
fsu
stai
nab
le
de
velo
pm
ent
inte
rnal
ly.
Ensu
re
com
mit
men
t o
fst
aff
to a
chie
ve t
he
acti
on
s, i
ncl
ud
ing
lin
ks t
o w
ork
on
Coll
ege
valu
es.
(i)
Sust
ain
able
De
velo
pm
ent
Cham
pio
ns
to s
et u
p e
arly
dis
cuss
ion
s w
ith
Cu
ltu
re P
rogr
amm
e
Sen
ior
Res
po
nsi
ble
Ow
ner
(SR
O)
and
Val
ues
Gro
up
to
en
sure
in
tegr
atio
n.
(ii)
Wo
rk w
ith
Mar
keti
ng
and
Com
mu
nic
atio
ns
to ‘e
mb
ed a
nd
spre
ad’ s
ust
ain
able
de
velo
pm
ent
awar
enes
s an
d a
ctio
ns
req
uir
ed t
o
ach
ieve
SD
AP
th
rou
gh e
xist
ing
com
mu
nic
atio
n c
han
nel
s.
(iii
) Ch
amp
ion
s G
rou
p t
o p
rovi
de
sup
po
rt f
or
cro
ss-C
oll
ege
eve
nts
to
pro
mo
te a
nd
cel
ebra
te s
ust
ain
able
de
velo
pm
ent
acti
vity
.
(i)
Agr
eed
in
tegr
atio
n w
ith
Val
ues
wo
rk b
y en
d-A
pri
l.
(ii)
Act
ion
s ag
reed
an
d
com
mu
nic
atio
ns
pla
n i
n p
lace
to
spre
ad s
ust
ain
able
de
velo
pm
ent
awar
enes
s b
y en
d-M
ay.
(iii
) Ch
amp
ion
s G
rou
p t
o l
ead
on
a
‘su
stai
nab
le d
eve
lop
men
t’ t
hem
e fo
r
NCS
L Su
mm
er F
ete
in J
un
e/Ju
ly.
(i)
On
goin
g in
tegr
atio
n a
nd
mo
nit
ori
ng.
(ii)
On
goin
g co
mm
un
icat
ion
and
mo
nit
ori
ng,
in
clu
din
g vi
a
Staf
fSu
rvey
.
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Cam
pu
s/Co
rpo
rate
con
tin
ued
3 y
ear
Aim
sK
ey a
ctio
ns
for
year
1O
utc
om
e b
y en
d o
fJu
ne
2007
Ou
tco
me
by
end
of
Mar
ch 2
008
3.
Emb
ed s
ust
ain
able
de
velo
pm
ent
in a
ll C
oll
ege
pro
ject
man
agem
ent
pro
cess
es.
(i)
Wo
rk w
ith
Co
mm
erci
al a
nd
Fin
ance
to
de
velo
p u
pd
ated
reso
urc
es,
as a
pp
rop
riat
e.
(ii)
Wo
rk w
ith
Co
mm
issi
on
ing
and
PP
M t
eam
s to
em
bed
su
stai
nab
le
de
velo
pm
ent
wit
hin
NCS
L su
pp
ly
chai
n p
rocu
rem
ent
and
pro
ject
an
d
pro
gram
me
man
agem
ent
pro
cess
es.
(i)
Wo
rk u
nd
erta
ken
to
de
velo
p
up
dat
ed r
eso
urc
es b
y en
d-J
un
e.
(ii)
Wo
rk u
nd
erta
ken
to
em
bed
sust
ain
able
de
velo
pm
ent
into
pro
cure
men
t an
d P
PM
pro
cess
es
by
end
-Ju
ne.
(i)
On
goin
g m
on
ito
rin
g an
d
de
velo
pm
ent.
(ii)
On
goin
g m
on
ito
rin
g an
d
de
velo
pm
ent.
4.
Red
uce
to
tal
carb
on
fo
otp
rin
t b
y
cutt
ing
do
wn
on
res
ou
rce
use
.
(i)
Wo
rk w
ith
ext
ern
al s
up
pli
er a
nd
acro
ss N
CSL
to i
den
tify
mea
sure
s an
d
det
erm
ine
NCS
L’s
ove
rall
car
bo
n
foo
tpri
nt,
fo
cusi
ng
init
iall
y o
n p
aper
and
en
ergy
usa
ge.
(ii)
Wo
rk w
ith
Pro
ject
Bo
ard
an
d
Cham
pio
ns
to a
gree
det
aile
d p
lan
s
for
red
uci
ng
carb
on
fo
otp
rin
t,
focu
sin
g in
itia
lly
on
pap
er a
nd
ener
gy u
sage
.
(iii
) In
corp
ora
te s
ust
ain
able
de
velo
pm
ent
acti
on
s in
to g
reen
trav
el p
lan
.
(i)
Mea
sure
s id
enti
fied
an
d
mo
nit
ori
ng
pro
cess
in
pla
ce t
o a
sses
s
NCS
L’s
carb
on
fo
otp
rin
t b
y en
d-M
ay.
(ii)
Pla
ns
agre
ed b
y en
d-J
uly
an
d
imp
lem
enta
tio
n u
nd
erw
ay t
o r
edu
ce
NCS
L's
carb
on
fo
otp
rin
t.
(iii
) P
lan
co
mp
lete
by
Jun
e.
(i)
On
goin
g m
on
ito
rin
g an
d
con
sid
erat
ion
of
po
ten
tial
fo
r
carb
on
off
sett
ing.
(ii)
On
goin
g im
ple
men
tati
on
and
de
velo
pm
ent,
lin
ked
to
com
mu
nic
atio
ns
pla
n.
(iii
) O
ngo
ing
imp
lem
enta
tio
n.
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Cu
rric
ulu
m/C
ore
Bu
sin
ess
3 y
ear
Aim
sK
ey a
ctio
ns
for
year
1O
utc
om
e b
y en
d o
fJu
ne
2007
Ou
tco
me
by
end
of
Mar
ch 2
008
5.
Inte
grat
e su
stai
nab
le
de
velo
pm
ent
acro
ss p
rogr
amm
es
and
str
ateg
ic i
nit
iati
ves.
(i)
Wo
rk w
ith
Pro
gram
mes
to
un
der
take
a r
evi
ew
of
curr
ent
sust
ain
able
de
velo
pm
ent
con
ten
t fo
r
mai
n N
CSL
pro
gram
mes
.
(ii)
Agr
ee p
roce
ss f
or
inte
grat
ing
sust
ain
able
de
velo
pm
ent
elem
ents
,
as a
pp
rop
riat
e, i
nto
re
view
/red
esig
n
pro
cess
es.
(iii
) In
tegr
ate
sust
ain
able
de
velo
pm
ent
elem
ents
, as
app
rop
riat
e, i
nto
su
pp
lem
enta
ry
wri
tin
g fo
r cu
rren
t N
PQ
H m
od
el a
nd
into
th
e re
des
ign
pro
cess
fo
r th
e
new
mo
del
of
NP
QH
.
(i)
Re
view
of
curr
ent
con
ten
t
un
der
take
n b
y en
d-M
arch
. A
gree
area
s o
ffo
cus
and
ap
pro
ach
fo
r
inte
grat
ion
in
to p
rogr
amm
es a
s th
ey
are
up
dat
ed.
(ii)
Pro
cess
agr
eed
by
end
-Ju
ne.
(i)
On
goin
g im
ple
men
tati
on
an
d
revi
ew
.
(ii)
Im
ple
men
tati
on
an
d m
on
ito
rin
g.
(iii
) In
tegr
ate
sust
ain
able
de
velo
pm
ent
elem
ents
in
to N
PQ
H
sup
ple
men
tary
wri
tin
g b
y en
d-
Au
gust
an
d i
nto
red
esig
n b
y en
d-
No
vem
ber
.
6.
Ensu
re t
hat
all
pro
gram
mes
hav
e
a co
nsi
sten
t an
d c
um
ula
tive
app
roac
h t
o s
ust
ain
able
de
velo
pm
ent
thro
ugh
th
eir
del
iver
y.
(i)
Agr
ee p
roce
ss f
or
inte
grat
ing
SD
into
co
mm
issi
on
ing
guid
elin
es f
or
the
de
velo
pm
ent
and
del
iver
y o
f
pro
gram
mes
.
(ii)
In
tegr
ate
sust
ain
able
de
velo
pm
ent
elem
ents
in
to
Con
tin
uo
us
Qu
alit
y Im
pro
vem
ent
(CQ
I) a
nd
ser
vice
re
view
pro
cess
es t
o
pro
vid
e fe
edb
ack
on
su
stai
nab
ilit
y
per
form
ance
an
d m
on
ito
r/re
spo
nd
as a
pp
rop
riat
e.
(i)
Pro
cess
agr
eed
by
end
-Ju
ne.
(ii)
Lia
ise
wit
h c
oll
eagu
es r
e CQ
I
pro
cess
es a
nd
eva
luat
ion
by
end
-
Jun
e.
(i)
Imp
lem
ent
and
mo
nit
or
agre
edp
roce
ss a
nd
ass
ess
nee
d f
or
add
itio
nal
su
pp
ort
to
co
mm
issi
on
ed
pro
vid
ers
to s
up
po
rt S
D.
(ii)
Fu
rth
er l
iais
on
wit
h c
oll
eagu
es r
e
CQI
and
ser
vice
re
view
pro
cess
es
wit
h a
vie
w t
o p
oss
ible
in
tegr
atio
n
by
end
-Au
gust
an
d o
ngo
ing
mo
nit
ori
ng.
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wit
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ho
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to
imp
rove
lin
ks w
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lo
cal
com
mu
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man
Res
ou
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to:
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revi
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cu
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t ‘C
om
mu
nit
y
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tner
ship
Po
licy
’.
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re
view
cu
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ks
and
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lig
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rem
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tern
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view
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mm
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ity
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ship
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by
end
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ne.
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Re
view
co
mm
un
ity
lin
ks a
nd
iden
tify
op
po
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by
end
-Ju
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rod
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an
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pla
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nit
or
take
up.
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Co
mm
un
ity
con
tin
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3 y
ear
Aim
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to N
CSL’
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icat
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site
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and
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ance
th
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le,
per
form
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and
pro
file
of
the
LCC
and
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site
s in
ad
dre
ssin
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stai
nab
le
de
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pm
ent.
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exh
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cu
rren
t u
se o
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LCC
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er w
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ager
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w
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co
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ance
d t
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th
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pro
file
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able
de
velo
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ent.
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als
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im 4
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view
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se o
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nit
or
and
re
view
.
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6. Measuring andcommunicating progressThis Plan represents an ambitious starting point for the College’s work
on sustainable development. But it is very much our first step. We will
need to build our expertise and understanding of our own performance
and how best we might move forward as we develop and implement
the actions set out here.
One of the early priorities for our work in 2007-08 will be to identify a
baseline of where the College is at the moment, where it wants to be
and how progress towards its aim could be measured, particularly in
relation to its own carbon footprint. Once we have established this
baseline we will set targets and indicators against which we can
measure our progress on sustainable development. The targets will
range from quantitative figures on such things as energy and paper
usage, through to more qualitative measures of community
involvement, and awareness of sustainable development among staff.
We anticipate publishing updates of this Action Plan each year,
setting out progress to date and further plans to make sustainable
development a reality in our work.
“We anticipate publishing updatesof this Action Plan each year”.
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Annex 1: Resource list: Policy developments on
Sustainable Development and
Education for Sustainable Development
Sustainable Schools Consultation
DfES published its Sustainable Schools consultation paper in March
2006, which describes the broad framework for encouraging all schools
to become sustainable. The consultation closed in autumn 2006 and an
action plan is expected in Spring 2007.
http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction=
productdetails&PageMode=publications&ProductId=DFES-04294-2006
DfES Sustainable Development Action Plans 2003 and 2005/2006
The first DfES Sustainable Development Action Plan (SDAP) was
organised around 4 objectives concerning the curriculum, the impact of
the department and its partner bodies, the impact of the education
estate and local and global partnership activity.
www.dfes.gov.uk/aboutus/sd/docs/SDactionplan.pdf
The second DfES Sustainable Development Action Plan aimed to
establish a smaller carbon footprint for the department, robust
environmental management practices, a more sustainable school estate
and more awareness and strategic working between government
departments, non-departmental public bodies and other partners.
www.dfes.gov.uk/aboutus/sd//docs/SDAP%202006%20FINAL.pdf
Select Committee Inquiry: Sustainable Schools
This inquiry was set up to examine the progress of the Government’s
Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, as well as the
Academies building programme and the capital programme for FE
colleges, and investigate whether they will deliver sustainable schools
and colleges that meet the needs of learners and communities now and
in the future.
www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/education_
and_skills_committee.cfm
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Securing the Future Strategy, April 2005
Published in 2005, the strategy builds on the 1999 strategy A better
quality of life: a strategy for sustainable development in the UK.
The strategy has four priorities, namely sustainable consumption
and production, climate change, natural resource protection and
sustainable communities.
www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/publications/uk-
strategy/index.htm
The Stern Review, October 2006
The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change reports on the
effect of climate change and global warming on the world economy.
Significant in that it is the first government-sponsored reports on global
warming by an economist, Stern prescribes global carbon trading and
environmental taxes to minimise economic and social disruptions.
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/
stern_review_economics_climate_change/stern_review_report.cfm
Climate Change Bill, due 2007
The Climate Change legislation aims to put in place a credible long
term goal and framework for emission reductions by setting legally
binding targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 3 per cent every
year until 2050.
www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/ministers/speeches/david-
miliband/dm070122.htm
New insert:
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/017/2006017.pdf
Energy White Paper, due 2007
The White Paper sets out the Government’s policy on renewable
energy and confirmed the target that, by 2010, 10 per cent of electricity
should come from renewable sources. The White Paper encourages
local planning authorities to promote renewables through the
planning system.
www.dti.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/policy/government-
renewable-energy-policy/energy-white-paper/page14962.html
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Sustainable Procurement Task Force Action Plan, June 2006
The Sustainable Procurement Task Force Action Plan sets out the
government’s strategy to tackle sustainable procurement on all areas of
government spend. The Strategy is outcome focused and gives clear
guidance and direction by setting a minimum level of environmental,
social and economic specifications for a list of products and services
that form the highest impact areas of government spend.
www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/publications/
procurement-action-plan/index.htm
Pre-Budget Report, December 2006
Gordon Brown’s pre-Budget report emphasised emissions trading
and a commitment to have all new houses as zero carbon by 2010.
He announced that a petrol and diesel duty would increase and air
passenger duty would double.
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/pre_budget_report/prebud_pbr06/
prebud_pbr06_index.cfm
Education for Sustainable Development initiatives
and projects
Campus / Corporate
Eco-Schools
The Eco-Schools programme run by ENCAMS teamed up with the Curry’s
Switched on Communities initiative. Together they are offering grants to
Eco-Schools with the most imaginative green ideas.
www.eco-schools.org.uk
Travel to School Action Plan
The action plan announced support for schools and local authorities in
preparing and implementing school travel plans that aim to increase
walking, cycling and travel by bus on the journey to and from school.
We anticipate that around 10,000 schools will have travel plans in place,
with all schools engaged by the end of the decade.
www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/index.cfm?id=5154
Healthy Schools
The National Healthy Schools Programme is part of the government's
drive to reduce health inequalities, promote social inclusion and raise
educational standards.
www.foodinschools.org
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Curriculum/Core Business
WWF and Learning for sustainability
Learning for Sustainability aims to help people, schools and
communities to develop the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes they
need to pursue environmental stewardship, social justice, democracy,
and economic security as complementary goals – now and in the future.
www.wwflearning.org.uk
Pathways: A development framework for school sustainability
Pathways is a practical guide for schools and school communities who
want to develop good practice through Learning for Sustainability.
www.wwflearning.org.uk
Oxfam’s Global Citizenship curriculum
Developed in partnership with teachers and other educationalists,
this curriculum builds on existing good practice and recommends the
knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to develop young people as
Global Citizens.
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/teachers/globciti/whatwhy.htm
TeacherNet: Sustainable schools and Growing schools
The Sustainable Schools area of TeacherNet is designed to support
schools on their journey to sustainability, introducing the principles of
sustainable development and offering guidance on how to embed these
principles into the heart of school life.
www.teachernet.gov.uk/sustainableschools
Growing Schools
Growing Schools aims to encourage and inspire all schools (nursery,
primary, secondary and special) to use the outdoor classroom, both
within and beyond the school grounds, as a context for learning across
the curriculum.
www.teachernet.gov.uk/growingschools
Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is the biggest single government
investment in improving school buildings for over 50 years. The aim
is to rebuild or renew every secondary school in England over a
10-15 year period.
www.bsf.gov.uk
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Community
Every Child Matters
ECM is a major government drive to integrate and join-up services in
the interests of learners and communities. It is geared around achieving
five outcomes for children that chime with sustainable development
principles: Be healthy; Stay safe; Enjoy and achieve; Make a positive
contribution; Achieve economic well-being.
www.everychildmatters.gov.uk
Learning through Landscapes programmes
A range of initiatives, both national and regional, which work with key
groups within school communities to promote and enhance the
development, use and value of school grounds in diverse and
innovative ways.
www.ltl.org.uk
Sustainable Development Commission: Education and
Young People
Aims to accelerate and deepen the UK Government’s commitment to
sustainable development as a policy goal in the education sector.
www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/education.html
The Global Gateway
The Global Gateway is an international website managed and run for
the DfES by the British Council. The Global Gateway enables people
involved in education across the world to engage in creative
partnerships. This will help to ensure that education crosses national
boundaries and that young people become truly global citizens.
Annex 2: Campus/curriculum/community schools framework and
sustainable development
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Annex 2:Campus/curriculum/communityschools framework andsustainable development
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