Students aged 14 - 17
Earlscliffe
Sustainable Futures
Sustainable Futures is a highly relevant program to help inform students about the environmental challenges we face today and how to meet them through Sustainable living.
Sustainable Futures
Sustainable Futures engages with the challenges of improving the quality of life for the planet, while studying ways to sustain the natural environment.
This exciting and thought-provoking course offers a mix of theoretical and practical activities designed to encourage responsibility, commitment and purpose in its participants through self-reflection.
Case studies will consist of both global and local initiatives and their interaction with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Sustainable Futures
At a Glance
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Price
£3,665
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Ages
13-17
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English Level
B1+ (Intermediate and above)
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Duration
2 weeks
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Maximum Class Size
12
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Academic Content
20 Hours Per Week
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Starting Dates
30th June, 13th July and 27th July
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Location
Earlscliffe School, Folkestone
Sustainable Futures
What's Included?
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Academic
20 hours of subject-specific academic content per week with an experienced subject tutor, delivered through interactive seminars and hands-on practical workshops
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Daily Three Phase learning programme
Focussing on topics of the United Nation’s Goals for Sustainable Development
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Social Programme and Excursions
Students will enjoy full-day trips on Wednesdays and Sundays. Visits can include world-famous cathedral city of Canterbury and Central London
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Airport Transfers
Our course includes airport transfers from Gatwick and Heathrow
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Course Report and Certificate
All students receive an end-of-course academic report and certificate for attending
What you'll learn
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the SDGs, focusing on their significance, implementation strategies, and potential impact on global sustainability.
Daily topics are investigated in three phases:
Phase 1 = ‘Thinking Locally’: students look to Folkestone and the English coast; discovering local developments and sustainability initiatives, and simulating getting involved through fieldwork, projects and practical tasks
Phase 2 = ‘Thinking Globally’: students look to the wider world; exploring where it may heading, and what big organisations are doing to make a positive impact
Phase 3 = ‘Acting, Not Just Thinking’: students look to themselves, their immediate environment and their lives, and do a series of hands-on projects focused on how they themselves can make a positive impact. This includes creating and undertaking a sustainability survey on Earlscliffe and making suggestions on how we can improve.
Topics Include:
- Our planet & reaching net zero
- Our habits & living sustainably
- The UN sustainability goals and how we can achieve them
- Sustainable construction & materials
- Sustainable cities & urban spaces
- Sustainable business – product development & innovation
- Sustainable fashion vs. fast fashion
Why choose this course?
- Be inspired by a wide range of environmental topics from climate change, life on the coast, to locally sourced food and acquire the vocabulary to write and talk about essential issues connected to Sustainable development.
- Strengthen your discussion and debating skills by taking part in seminars, workshops and group work.
- Deepen your understanding of highly relevant topics such as global leadership and the economics of Sustainability.
- Enhance your presentation and project research skills in preparation for higher education and beyond.
Course Highlights
- You will take part in a whole range of exciting activities connected to Sustainable development including kayaking; paddle-boarding; cooking; sustainable farming visit; coastal expedition; and cycle tours.
- Students will develop skills through a series of skills-based workshops, lectures, independent learning, and study tours.
- During the course, students will get to enhance their academic writing skills by constructing an academic essay on a topic of the student’s choice to put into practice the skills they have developed.
What you'll get
By signing up to Sustainable Futures you are not only learning about urgent and critical topics connected to Sustainable development, but are also enhancing skills which are going to be the cornerstone of your successes throughout higher education.
Sustainable Futures would appeal to anyone interested in majoring in Sustainability, learning about environmental management, analyzing environmental systems, and research methods, and would be of interest to students who are curious about preparing for careers that guide organizations and businesses in building more environmentally friendly practices.
Sample Timetable
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Sustainable Futures at Earlscliffe
Dates & Prices
Earlscliffe Sustainable Futures FAQs
How difficult is the course?
With there being a wide range of content, Sustainable Futures will certainly push students, but our teachers are supported in adapting materials and modifying the level of challenge.
What level of English is required for Sustainable Futures?
To get the most out of this course, a level of B1 or higher is necessary.
Do students receive a certificate at Earlscliffe?
To mark the end of the program each student receives a certificate of completion.
Do students require a course book?
Our very own academic department has produced a variety of SBC handouts, which are distributed to students during class.
What do students need to take to class?
To take part in class students require their own pens. Notebooks and folders are provided.
Is there any pre-reading before the start of the course?
Despite the fact that there is no pre reading necessary for any of our programs, it would be helpful for students to continue improving their English in order to feel more prepared.
I highly recommend it
Life time memories to cherish, I highly recommend it.
Maria, Spain - Parent
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