Figure 1.1 (Business sustainability, 2013)
Sustainability is defined as an ability or capacity of something to be sustained or maintained to itself.
It is about taking what people need so they are able to live now without ever
putting other peoples future and needs at risk (LandLearn, 2007, para.1). To improve
sustainability is it about both individual and collective endeavours that are
shared across the local and global communities. In schools, education for
sustainability develops students’ knowledge, skills and values especially in
the way they act and contribute to society (ACARA, 2012). This
gives students the opportunity to consider what the future can focus on by
protecting the environment through chosen actions and interdependence of the environmental,
social, cultural and economic considerations (refer to figure 1.1) (ACARA, 2012). The
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) incorporate
sustainability into geography allowing students to integrate their study of
biophysical processes that influence on human use to the environment (ACARA, 2012). Because
sustainability is not only a cross-curriculum priority but it is also one of
the seven organising concepts, students will examine sustainability and how to
prevent issues by using strategies that vary from place to place and indentify
how these have an effect on the environment, economic and social life in
Australia and across the world (ACARA, 2012). It also becomes a student’s responsibility to
consider how they can promote sustainability to protect their environment for
current and future purposes nationally and globally.
References
ACARA. (2012). Australian curriculum, assessment and
reporting authority:
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