Education for Sustainable Development: Building Climate Leadership for Primary Students was developed as part of a project carried out by Waterford SLí and funded by the Department of Education’s ESD to 2030 funding scheme.  This resource is designed for primary school teachers who wish to work with their students and the ESD curriculum. Links to all resources and background information are available as end notes at the close of the resource.

We have included a lesson plan which is written for upper primary but can be adapted for lower primary.  We have also included background information on topics that are both of interest to students and contribute to the aims of the primary curriculum, as well as work well with the workshop template.  

Part A of the workshop covers ESD and can be done as a stand-alone lesson.  If you wish to go further and work with your students on a particular topic, Part B provides activities specific to 5 topics that work well with ESD:  fast fashion, food supply chains, plastics, food waste and water. If you do plan on covering one of the topics from Part B, we do recommend that you start with Part A.