1. Education for Sustainable
Development in FE
Sustainability Team
Bedford College

2. Presentation Outline
•The Battleground
•Sustainability in FE
•Examples from Bedford College
•The future of ESD in FE

3. The Battle for Hearts & Minds
Exec Staff Student
Sustainable (Financial) Not an Extra burden Equality & Fairness
CSR Relevance
Reputation Fun
Curricula
Resources
The Right Stuff

4. Sustainable Development

5. Soil
Erosion
Food
Miles
Food
Production
Biodiversity
Pollution
Draught
Water
Supplies
Carbon
Footprint
Water
Quality
Air
Quality
Resource
Depletion
Fuel
Poverty
Food
Supplies
Health &
Well-being
Education
Housing
Population
Growth
Mobility
Fuel
Security
Energy
CostsSkills Jobs
Transport
Costs

6. Framework for Sustainable Development
Organisational
Capacity
Leadership Learning Partnerships
Overarching Vision
A learning and skills sector which maximises and mainstreams
environmental, economic and social sustainability

8. Media
Construction
Building
Services
Engineering
Research

9. Year 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Usage
(kWh)
Usage
(kWh)
Usage
(kWh)
Usage
(kWh)
Aug 137,288 147,613 160,582 146,631
Sep 187,839 211,598 200,252 183,125
Oct 216,738 239,792 225,222 204,979
Nov 232,476 256,569 277,107 241,701
Dec 194,408 248,622 258,035 220,216
Jan 237,568 298,525 259,626 255,282
Feb 218,519 263,016 225,917 248,645
Mar 252,506 289,367 258,283 248,966
Apr 204,347 208,056 168,235 194,222
May 202,661 221,566 204,290 229,149
Jun 201,996 201,732 180,936 180,177
Jul 174,870 185,545 148,376 0
0 0 0 0
Total 2,461,216 2,772,002 2,566,860 2,353,093
Year 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Cost (£) Cost (£) Cost (£) Cost (£)
Aug 15,122 12,974 10,647 10,698
Sep 21,270 18,914 13,427 13,495
Oct 24,486 21,359 17,130 18,820
Nov 26,421 27,124 21,368 22,475
Dec 22,645 21,202 19,720 20,202
Jan 26,353 25,387 19,962 23,575
Feb 24,460 22,247 17,339 22,892
Mar 28,813 24,827 20,228 23,071
Apr 22,717 17,667 12,846 15,794
May 22,886 18,896 15,634 18,712
Jun 22,922 16,901 13,845 13,999
Jul 19,438 12,174 11,309 0
0 0 0 0
Total 277,533 239,671 193,455 203,733
Year 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Usage (kWh) 2,461,216 2,772,002 2,566,860 2,353,093
Cost (£) 277,533 239,671 193,455 203,733
2,100,000
2,200,000
2,300,000
2,400,000
2,500,000
2,600,000
2,700,000
2,800,000
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
EnergyConsumption (kWh)
Shuttleworth College, Main Site & Cauldwell House
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
EnergyCosts (£) Shuttleworth College, Main Site &
Cauldwell House
Maths
Computing
Business
Studies
Accountancy

10. Sustainability & Technology
• No Tech
• Low Tech
• High Tech

11. Community a Learning Resource
Working on a large cedar damaged
by heavy snow in the grounds of
Flitwick Manor (Arboriculture)
Restoration of a local historic
building (Bricklaying)
Creating a play area/sensory garden for Peter Pan
Children’s Centre
(L2 & L3 Horticulture)
Designing and building a children’s garden for
Edward Peake Middle School
(L2 & L3 Horticulture)
Low Carbon Retro-fit of social housing stock
(FdSc Building Services & Construction)
Research into the quality of Bedford’s environment
(L3 Business Finance)
Making a difference
(L3 Holistic Therapy)
Conservation of the Rainforest
(L2 Carpentry and Joinery)
Reducing our carbon footprint
(Business & Administration)

12. Thinking out of the Box

13. Students with their Box Solar Cooker
• Lubos, Christian, Franc &
Vickson
Ashley, Craig, Rushan & Nathan
Jason & Kyle
Rosie, Bethany & Amanda
Jan, Jahangir & Dylan
Seb, Matthew & Shane

14. Students Oven Performance
Student's Solar Oven: 2nd June 09 (No Cloud, Little Wind)
0
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40
60
80
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120
140
11:10 11:20 11:30 11:40 11:50 12:00 12:10 12:20 12:30 12:40
Time
Temperature(DegC)
Lubos, Christian, Franc & Vickson
Seb, Matthew & Shane
Charlotte & Lauren

15. Students Testing Oven

16. Work Experience with the Sustainability Team

18. Annual Sustainability Day – 2014 (>700 visitors)

19. Annual Sustainability Day - 2014

20. Annual Sustainability Days

28. The future of ESD in FE
• Staff & student engagement
• Sustainability in the curriculum
• External collaboration
• Industry - Curriculum - Community links driving sustainable
developments
• Innovative curricula, e.g.
• Eco-innovation awards
• Circular economy enterprises

29. Eco-Innovation Awards

30. Bedford College Eco InnovationAwards 2015
Theme:TheCircularEconomy
Presentation to Curriculum Managers May-14
Planning with curriculum teams (Curriculum mapping) Jun-14
Project & competition briefings for student groups Oct-14
On-line sustainability primer
Projects in progress (planning, research, material
sourcing, development, construction, testing)
Oct-14 to Jan-15
Ongoing dialogue with, and support for, curriculum teams
Entries submitted to the Sustainability Team 31-Jan-15
Demonstrations, shortlisting, judging 28-Feb-15
Showcasing of entries. Awards ceremony
Sustainability Day
04-Mar-15

31. http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/
http://www.wrap.org.uk/

32. SEMLEP Circular Economy Project
Skills
Developments
Rural
Economy
Developments
SME
Developments

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