Here are some practices instructors can consider when designing course and class content:
- This guide was created by Ron Johnson of UNESCO. It assists with embedding education for sustainable development into university courses by linking to learning outcomes of the core subject being taught. It is titled 'Achieving SDG 4.7 by matching sustainability learning outcomes to subject-specific curricula'.
- Read Textbooks for Sustainable Development: Guide to Embedding from the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development. The guidebook builds on the momentum of Agenda 2030, providing a toolkit to enable textbook authors to place ESD at the core of their subjects in ways that are at once practical for them and interesting and relevant to the students. They have embedded concepts of peace, sustainable development and global citizenship in core subjects, particularly Math, Science, Languages, and Geography.
- Read 'A Blueprint for SDG Integration from The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) into Curriculum, Research and Partnerships. It is an initiative under the United Nations Global Compact.
- Read the 6 Learning Types: Integrating the SDGs, a design prompt to help you consider how to design learning to integrate the SDGs.
- Read the SDG Guide for 'Getting Started with the Sustainable Development Goals'. This guide is divided into chapters such as Getting to Know the SDGs, Preparing for Implementation to Tools for designing.'
- Read the guide From Art to Zoo Management: Embedding Sustainability in UK Higher and Further Education. It has numerous case studies that showcase contextual effective practices to embed sustainability into curriculum.
- Read the Key Competencies for Sustainability document that describes and addresses learning outcomes.
- Read about Tips for Teaching Sustainability from Vanderbilt University's Beth Conklin.
- Read effective practices for ways to build interdisciplinary classrooms.