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Fig 17.1 Thomas More envisaged an ideal, imaginary island he called Utopia
Photo: Unknown Author, Wikimedia Commons.
Featured websites
Website 17.1 How to Save the Planet
Acclaimed naturalist, David Attenborough, outlines how we can create a future in which both people and nature can thrive.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Puv0Pss33M
Website 17.2 Rewilding
The story of how nature has been restored to a British farm by Isabella Tree.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpW8qSpoQj8
Website 17.3 Urban farming
A review of sixteen different examples of how innovation and technology can transform urban agriculture.
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/how-16-initiatives-are-changing-urban-agriculture-through-tech-and-innovation
Website 17.4 Sustainable Development Goals
A review of the seventeen SDGs and their related targets with large quantities of supporting data.
https://sdgs.un.org/goals
Website 17.5 Letters to the Earth
The website that outlines the idea behind ‘Letters to the Earth’ and which invites viewers to submit a letter of their own.
https://www.letterstotheearth.com/
George Saves the World by Lunchtime by Jo Readman (Eden Children’s Books 2006).
Helped by his grandpa, George discovers how a range of everyday actions can help reduce his environmental impact.
Greta and the Giants by Zoë Tucker (Francis Lincoln 2019).
Greta (an eco-warrior modelled on Greta Thunberg) finds a way to fight back against the giants who threaten the animals that live in a beautiful forest.
It’s up to Us by Christopher Lloyd (What on Earth Books 2021) explores how nature operates in a world without humans. It then shows the damaging impact people have had on the planet and finishes by proposing a series of new pledges to make a difference – a Terra Carta.
Other resources
A constellation of living heritage
A stimulating and inventive graphic from the UNESCO international heritage site which shows how different aspects of cultural life link to the SDGS
https://ich.unesco.org/dive/sdg/
Change the story
Sustainability stories made by children from different European countries exploring different aspects of change especially suitable for the 9–11-year-olds.
https://stories.changethestory.eu/uk/
Eco-maths
In these educational videos Stefan Gates shows how maths can be used in real world situations to help create a more sustainable future.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcvEcrsF_9zLoSQx5gE5aeisxYWpjEInG
If I could change the world
Find out what one group of students would like to see happen if they could change the world.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wuRURJ9E3iQ
UN Sustainable development goals
In a penetrating critique, Zulfi Ali argues that the SDGs need to be viewed with the context of colonialism and North/South power relations. By promoting a ‘business as usual’ the SDGs buttress global inequality and injustices – our current predicament calls for a much more radical approach.
https://cccu.yuja.com/V/Video?v=73712&node=317727&a=464808621&autoplay=1
