The Sustainable Schools Initiative is a partnership of the Federal Government and States and Territories that supports a whole school approach to embracing the principles of sustainability.
AuSSI is a key component of the National Environmental Education Statement for Australian Schools (2005) Educating for a Sustainable Future.
In WA, the Sustainable Schools Initiative (AuSSI-WA) has been developed around significant local partnerships and represents an overarching framework for education for sustainability in school communities.
A cross sectoral initiative, the AuSSI-WA project vision is for all schools in WA to embed sustainability within their culture i.e. within curriculum, infrastructure, and the day to day operations of the school.
The Initiative is based firmly within in the Core Shared Values of the Curriculum Framework, and promotes and supports sustainability as a key context for teaching and learning, with an emphasis on critical inquiry processes.
In a nutshell, school communities are supported to adopt behaviours that reduce their impact on the natural environment, whilst also promoting social and economic well being i.e. reducing their ecological footprint and increasing their social handprint.
The project website www.det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/sustainableschools/detcms/portal/ continues to highlight and promote case studies of schools activity in this area, representing a compendium of success of action-based learning for sustainability.
For more information on the Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative WA (AuSSI-WA), please see attached file.
Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative WA (AuSSI-WA)
AuSSI-WA Information Sheet _minus logos_.pdf ( 64Kb)
