Sustainable Future

The ‘Sustainable Future’ tour helps students to explore the idea of “sustainable development” and its implications for different peoples, places and environments, using specific examples from tropical rainforest regions. It makes the connection between ecosystems, human needs and students’ own lives. For this tour students should already have some understanding of the rainforest ecosystem. The tour is not very suitable for younger primary school children. This programme was developed with funding from the Vodafone Charitable Trust.

Key words: sustainability, global citizenship, interdependence, consumption, waste, human needs, culture, environmental change

National Curriculum links: KS2: Science (Sc2) – 5a; Geography – 3e,4b,5a,5b; PHSE & Citizenship – 2e,2j, 4b, 5a, 5d, 5g; KS3: Science (Sc2) – 5a; Citizenship – 1i,2a,3a; Geography – 1e,3e,5a,5b,6j,6k; KS4: Science (Sc2/Single) – 4b,4c; Science Double(Sc2) – 5b,5c; Citizenship – 1f,1h,1j,2b,3a

Downloadable tour notes

• Sustainable Future tour notes
• Background worksheets (6 pages, 450kB)
• Sustainable Future worksheets (8 pages, 190kB)