Primary Level Engagement in Sustainability

Authors

  • Shruti Turner Student Editor-in-Chief - Meliora: International Journal of Student Sustainability Research

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22493/Meliora.1.2.0012

Keywords:

Education, Sustainability, Primary, Engagement

Abstract

With 2030 drawing closer, the need for widespread adoption and awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals is vital. The article uses a case study of Juniper Green Primary School, Edinburgh to demonstrate the benefits of incorporating student led activities based on sustainability at a young age.

Author Biography

Shruti Turner, Student Editor-in-Chief - Meliora: International Journal of Student Sustainability Research

I graduated with a BEng in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the University of Southampton in 2015, before completing a Sabbatical year as Vice President Education at the Students' Union. I have now come to the end of my MSc Biomedical Engineering, also at the University of Southampton. From January 2018 I will be undertaking a PhD at Imperial College London working with the military to develop smart socket prosthetics, which transmits data from the socket to a smart device. My passion for sustainability was ignited in 2015 during my Sabbatical year when I worked with Prof. Simon Kemp to launch the first ever student led sustainability symposium at the University. After that we wanted to expand and we came up with the idea for what is now the Meliora series, and more specifically this journal. The journey to launching the journal has been challenging and eye opening; reaching the masses to show the importance of Quality Education and Sustainability as a whole is vital.

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Published

2018-04-12

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2018): Meliora: International Journal of Student Sustainability Research

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