The Sustainable Schools Community — an online network and resource hub for school sustainability champions, offered by the international nonprofit the Green Schools Alliance. Connect with over 800 educators, principals, and sustainability coordinators around the world, and find resources across 50+ sustainability metrics.

START: Sustainability Tracking, Analytics & Roadmap Tool — created by schools, for schools, through the Green Schools Alliance, START is a Whole School Sustainability dashboard and program that enables schools to measure their own sustainability levels across their Educational Programs, Organizational Culture, and Physical Place, so you can identify strengths, gaps and pathways to progress.

Resource Smart Schools — a free program offered by Sustainability Victoria that supports Victorian schools to embed sustainability across the school facilities, community and curriculum, while saving resources and money for the school. Schools join the program, then have access to an online portal (ResourceSmart Schools online), where they learn and practice ways to integrate sustainability.

CERES School of Nature and Climate

Teaching Sustainability:

SubjectToClimate — free, classroom-ready lesson plans, units, and activities on climate change and solutions — created by teachers, for teachers, across all K–12 subjects.

ClimateScience — free, animated crash courses in all things climate, plus lesson plans and activities across all major K-12 subjects.

National Geographic Education — free, high-quality teaching resources, including lesson plans and classroom activities; maps, videos, and interactive media; professional learning for educators; storytelling and real-world case studies from National Geographic Explorers.

Cool Australia – Curriculum-linked lessons and units on climate change, sustainability, waste, energy, water, biodiversity, and more — aligned to Australian curriculum priorities.

Earthwatch Australia Biodiversity & Community Toolkit – A downloadable Australian teacher toolkit with project ideas and guidance on partnering with councils and community groups on biodiversity projects.

VCAA Sustainability Cross-Curriculum Priority Guidance – Official guidance for Victorian schools on embedding the Sustainability priority across learning areas, with curriculum intent and examples for teaching teams.

Books:

What if we get it right? by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a hopeful, solutions-focused exploration of what a thriving climate future could look like — if we choose to build it.

The Sustainability Mindset by Isabel Rimanoczy is a practical, framework-driven guide to understanding and developing the mental habits and perspectives needed for sustainability. It introduces 12 core principles that help readers shift from conventional thinking to a sustainability mindset — one that embraces systems thinking, social sensitivity, interconnectedness, long-term perspective, reflection, purpose, and mindful action.