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This is a slideshow that was presented to the Compass Schools Workshop in Chiang Mai April 2013 about the ongoing sustainability initiative at ISM
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International School Manila
Case Study 1
Contents
Part 1: Questions for you
Part 3: Questions for me
Part 2: Manila Case Study
Part 1
Questions for you
Question 1
What is the purpose of a school?
3mins
Question 2
How do schools know when they are successful?
3mins
2 Key Linking Points
To succeed Initiatives must:
1. Be compatible with the existing values of the school
2. Provide clear evidence that they are assisting the school complete its mission
Raised awareness
Empowered students
Included more people
Embraced perspectives
Adopted a framework
Scaled up
Raised profile
Institutionalized
Sustainability
Analyzed what was happening
School Year 2009-2010
Pre Tom
Attended EARCOS, met Alan Atkisson and introduced to Pyramid and Compass
Hit them in the Heart
Source: http://www.nature.com/news/specials/planetaryboundaries/index.html
Hit them in the head
School Year 2010-2011
Blog
Homeroom
Inquiring and reflective problem solvers
Knowledgeable and skilled learnersEffective communicators
Self-directed and balanced individuals
Responsible caring and ethical contributors
Assemblies
Inter club communication
Curriculum
News letters and publications
School events
Whole School Vision What are we being?What are we doing?
Service Partners
EventsGlobal Issues
Community Garden
Resource Efficiency
How do we communicate it?
Curriculum connections
School Year 2011-12
School Year 2012-2013
With permission, AtKisson, Inc
Society
Outcome: Practical campus behaviors that will make safeguarding our environment accessible and easy
Outcome: To improve through an economical perspective we must try to reduce resources to the bare essentials
Economy
Well Being
Outcome: Being open-minded and having a greater awareness of how our habits and mindsets affect the environment
Nature Indicator: Energy consumption as expressed by kilowatt hours billed per month
Society Indicator: The number of students taking the bus and the number of cars entering the campus on the first day of each semester.
Economy Indicator: Reams of paper used per department and per grade level
Produced by Search Institute
Well Being Indicator: Attitudes and behaviors survey
Economy- Paper
ADB Involvement
Why is it happening? Systems
Why is it happening? Feedback loops
Nature Innovation:
•Solar panels
Society Innovation:
•School bus fees incorporated into school fees
•School bus centralized pick up points
Economy Innovation:
•Share information on paper use more regularly and openly
•Support teachers in developing alternative options to using paper
Well Being Innovation
Society Strategy
Emphasis on promoting benefits of new way
Safer
As quick
More sociable
Better for environment
Positive impact on whole of the school neighborhood
A set of conditions and trends in a given system
that can continue indefinitely.
Definitions
Sustainability
With permission, AtKisson, Inc
School Year 2013-2014
• 20% Release time from full time teaching
• Write job description for position as K-12 Sustainability Coordinator
School Year 2014-2015
Leave ISM in a state where the initiatives evolve without me
Part 3: Questions for me
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