Towards sustainability at a secondary comprehensive school
Issue 338 | Page 89 | Published Sep 2010
Description
This article explores the development of sustainability at Ringwood School in Hampshire between 2005 and 2010 using two different routes. The author, herself a scientist and sustainability coordinator at the school, shows how the school has explored a range of initiatives, starting with those most straightforward for a biologist and culminating in bigger ideas such as the global dimension.
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