A teachers’ guide to Greenwashing
28th Apr 2023
A guidebook to support teachers and students in learning about greenwashing as a barrier to sustainable development.
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A guidebook to support teachers and students in learning about greenwashing as a barrier to sustainable development.
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Children play atop a bullet-riddled building in Gaza. 05/10/2011. Photo by UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan via Flickr CC-BY-NC-ND âI am constantly amazed by man’s inhumanity to man.â – Primo Levi*, If This Is a Man / The Truce The Holocaust was one of the negative icons of the 20th century. It provided
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For more see the climate change and environment resources on the TrĂłcaire website for educators. Other TrĂłcaire resources in the ‘Focus on’ series: Focus on Fair Trade: Senior Primary/Key Stage 2 Educator’s Resource Focus on Poverty: Senior Primary/Key Stage 2 Educator’s Resource
At 4 pages in length this is a brief resource with original activity-driven illustrations, and step-by-step instructions on the topics of fair trade, consumption and introducing pupils to the Fair Trade movement (and recognising their products and logos). Other TrĂłcaire resources in the âFocus onâ series: Focus on Climate Change:
For more see Fair Trade resources on the TrĂłcaire website for educators. Other TrĂłcaire resources in the âFocus onâ series: Focus on Climate Change: Senior Primary/Key Stage 2 Educatorâs Resource Focus on Poverty: Senior Primary/Key Stage 2 Educatorâs Resource
At 4 pages in length this is a brief resource with original activity-driven illustrations, and step-by-step instructions on the topics of poverty and hunger and childrenâs needs. For more see the poverty and hunger resources on TrĂłcaire website for educators Other TrĂłcaire resources in the âFocus onâ series: Focus on
For more see poverty and hunger resources on the TrĂłcaire website for educators. Other TrĂłcaire resources in the âFocus onâ series: Focus on Climate Change: Senior Primary/Key Stage 2 Educatorâs Resource Focus on Fair Trade: Senior Primary/Key Stage 2 Educatorâs Resource
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