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From Outstanding Schools - the premium content and networking provider for international educators around the globe - Class Act sheds a spotlight on the school executives, educators, and thought-leaders who are positively impacting the industry. Join us each month as we tackle the key issues, challenges and opportunities currently affecting the international education community.

With topics ranging from educator well-being to Esports curricula, sustainability to stakeholder management, Class Act aims to inspire international educators and provide them with the necessary insights to improve their pedagogical practice and make their school the best in the region.

Hosted by Hannah Burke-Tomlinson, and produced by Hannah Burke-Tomlinson and Mary Best for GovNet Communications.

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Championing Sustainability and Environmental Education with d'Arcy Lunn

November 05, 2023 • Outstanding Schools • Season 1 • Episode 2

References:

d’Arcy Lunn’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darcy-lunn/.

Education in Motion (EiM): https://www.linkedin.com/company/educationinmotion/.

The Green School Bali: https://blog.outstandingschools.com/changing-the-culture-in-and-about-schools.

Teaspoons of Change: https://www.linkedin.com/company/teaspoons-of-change/.

ISC Research (2023) ‘Why more international schools keep opening: Factors impacting the demand and development of international schools’ https://go.iscresearch.com/why-more-schools-keep-opening.

Dr David Suzuki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Suzuki and https://www.britannica.com/explore/savingearth/david-suzuki.

The David Suzuki Foundation: https://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/what-is-climate-change/.

On the colonial legacy of international schools, see Hughes, C. (2021) ‘Decolonising the curriculum’ in CIS Perspectives https://www.cois.org/about-cis/perspectives-blog/blog-post/~board/perspectives-blog/post/decolonising-the-curriculum; Cf. ODIS (Organisation to Decolonise International Schools) https://odis.carrd.co/.

On the UAE Ministry of Education’s Green Education Partnership: https://www.moe.gov.ae/En/MediaCenter/News/Pages/Green-Education.aspx.

On Greta Thunberg’s criticism of world leader’s promises to tackle the climate emergency at the Youth4Climate Summit in Italy in 2021, see Carrington, D. (2021) “Blah, blah, blah: Greta Thunberg lambasts leaders over climate crisis’ in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/28/blah-greta-thunberg-leaders-climate-crisis-co2-emissions.

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