Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Education for Sustainable Development

Waste mangement is part of the wider issue of sustainable development, which provides both a stimulating context for learning across the curriculum. Teachers have a crucial role of educating students for the future, by helping students understand the impact of their actions on their own lifes, the lifes of others and the environment.

Clothing production has an emormous impact on the environment. For example cotton is the worlds most polluting crop, responsible for 25% of all pesticide used in the world each year, hundred of thousdands of cases of chemical poisoning and massive damage to the environment (Green choices, 2010).

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