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SLL hosts annual work attachment programme from 31 Oct to 2 Nov 2023

10 students from CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) joined the SLL team for a 3-day work attachment where they had the opportunity to shadow researchers in the areas of sustainable tourism, climate studies, and sustainable consumption. The students also learned to code research data, write literature reviews, and storyboard videos for SLL’s outreach efforts.

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SLL professor featured in CNA episode on Vietnam’s Water Woes

How can Vietnam, a country with tropical climate and two big river deltas, face water shortage challenges? In Insight 2023/2024 (10 August 2023), Channel News Asia brought to viewers the environmental, political, economic and social factors that precipitate Vietnam’s water insecurity today. Amongst the experts interviewed was Asst Prof Edward Park from NIE who highlighted the

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SLL professor interviewed by Eco-Business on eco-tourism taxes

Asst Prof J.J. Zhang was interviewed by Eco-Business for his views on ‘eco-tourism taxes’. He touched on accountability issues and stressed the importance of sustainability education pertaining to responsible tourism in developing an ecosystem of care for the environment. ‘Eco-Business is Asia Pacific’s largest media and business intelligence organisation dedicated to sustainable development and ESG

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SLL collaborates with The HEAD Foundation on new handbook, Becoming Leaders in Sustainability Education.

Dr Tricia Seow served as consultant editor for this handbook, providing her expertise in sustainability education to shape the overall direction of this volume and providing input on the individual chapters. Featuring 14 lesson plans from 25 educators across 8 Asian countries, Becoming Leaders in Sustainability Education serves as a comprehensive resource for educators of diverse subjects to

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Coastal Protection Resources curated by PUB for education

With climate change causing sea level rise globally, it’s important for an island city like Singapore to plan ahead and reimagine our coastlines, so we can keep our shores and our people safe. In April 2020, PUB was appointed the national coastal protection agency to lead, coordinate and explore whole-of-government efforts to protect Singapore’s coastlines.

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Exciting update to Prof Chang Chew Hung’s important book on climate change education!

Climate change is complex. There is therefore a need to educate our future generations so that they are better equipped to evaluate  the plethora of information that they may come into contact with. This book inquires into what it means to teach and learn about climate change. Now in its second edition, Chang critically examines

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Special issue on Sustainability in HSSE Online

SLL is pleased to support  the latest issue of HSSE Online (Vol 11, Issue 2)! (Access link: https://bit.ly/hssev11i2 ). This special edition draws on overarching themes related to sustainability, sustainable development and sustainability-related pedagogies. Articles in this issue broadly put forward two important insights for practitioners’ considerations: first, geographical contexts and ecological constraints can affect the implementation of

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The new SLL room (NIE3-2-26)

The Sustainability Learning Lab now boasts a newly refurbished room that is multi-functional in nature. It is well-furnished with convivial group discussions, lively debates and collaborative learning in mind. Apart from housing curriculum resources and serving as a seminar room for tutorials, workshops or lectures on sustainability-related topics, the SLL room also doubles up as

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