IB Community Theme: Sharing our humanity

Contribute to the "green issue" of IB World magazine

IB World magazine wants your thoughts on the environment for its green issue – what your school is doing to help the cause, how you can teach students the importance of going green, and what role IB World Schools have to play in promoting sustainability. We’re looking for opinion articles, or simply news from your school – please email editor@ibo.org by October 9 to discuss how you can get involved.

Global Messages through Art

Grade 5 Art students at Western Academy of Beijing explored the concept of making connections with the community and environment through a series of installations designed to highlight the amount of waste that is produced as a result of a "throw away society." 

Beacon School in Challenge 20/20

Tunza for children - website of the United Nations Environment Programme

Lively activities, competitions and suggestions of things you can do to help the planet.

In Chinese and English

Tunza - youth site from the United Nations Environment Programme

The word “TUNZA” means “to treat with care or affection” in Kiswahili (a sub-regional language of Eastern Africa). The overall TUNZA Concept, therefore, is built around this theme. It is an initiative that is meant to develop activities in the areas of capacity building, environmental awareness, and information exchange, with a vision to foster a generation of environmentally conscious citizens, capable of positive action.

In Chinese and English

Life-Link Friendship-Schools

Life-Link Friendship-Schools is a Sweden-based organisation that encourages schools all over the world to take, and report on, actions to promote peace, sustainability, personal, social and health education, working with others etc.

The website has over 50 suggestions for action in these areas. You can also read the reports from schools from all over the world that have taken these actions.

Centre for Environment Education - India

CEE India is concerned with the environment and sustainable development in India, and has associated organisations in Australia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Programmes incude education work in schools. 

It has three specific programmes responding to disasters:

Victorial International Development Education Association - website for global citizenship

Website from this Canadian organisation, with resources for teachers
and students on a number of global issues. Case studies and approach
are North American, with a Canadian slant, but of interest and use much
more widely. Contains interesting facts and figures about North America
too!

World Vision Canada

Downloadable teaching resources from the NGO World Vision Canada on poverty, sustainability and the environment. Good short video on poverty.

In English and French and part in Chinese

Some resources for sale also.