Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0989314
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Developing Effective School-Community Learning Partnerships for Sustainability. The research contributes to 2 areas of national concern:achieving environmental sustainability and strengthening social cohesion, especially in the expanding urban growth corridors of Australian cities. It will develop guidelines for facilitating models of community learning partnerships that build social capital as a vehicle for protecting natural capital. Knowledge generated will advance conservation practices for natural capital:water, energy, biodiversity and waste, and strengthen the school-community partnership elements of programs such as ResourceSmart and the Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative (AuSSI), supported extensively by networks of local, State and Commonwealth governments, schools and community groups.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 04-2009
End Date: 03-2012
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $147,530.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Other Education | Sociology | Education And Extension | Social Change
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Education and training not elsewhere classified | Environmental education and awareness |
