The OMEP-UK Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Citizenship (ESC) Award was developed in response to work that was carried out in an OMEP collaboration involving ten countries (Siraj-Blatchford et al, 2016). The work was also informed by a 2014 commissioned Evaluation of the impact of the UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development and by our association with UNESCO and its Global Action Programme for Education for Sustainable Development (between 2015-2019). Developments continue in association with the UNESCO Greening Schools Accreditation Intiative.
Introduction to the award and promotional flyer
The key areas of practice addressed by the Bronze Level Audit
The OMEP UK ESC Award and Montessori Practice
Video Links
OMEP ESC Award UK Case Studies
Sowing the Seeds of Sustainability
Research and Development
Environmental Rating Scale for Sustainable Development in Early Childhood
The OMEP Educational Rating Scale for Sustainable Development in Early Childhood (ERS-SDEC) was developed with UNESCO support in an international collaboration of OMEP preschools and academics from 10 countries.
The Three Pillars of sustainability
Siraj-Blatchford, J., Brock, L., Moyle, V. and Yewman, D. (2021) An Evaluation of the OMEP UK Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Citizenship Award, Education and City: Quality Education for Modern Cities, European Proceedings of Educational Sciences, Vol. 2.