Sustainability@ISB
The Sustainability Programme is a school initiative engaging the entire community to promote and foster environmental sustainability.
Sustainability@ISB - A strategic Priority
Sustainability is one of the 4 pillars of Vision 2030, our ambitious strategic plan towards a holistic, inclusive and future-ready education. Our goal is to provide our students with learning opportunities that prepare them for a sustainable and ethical future.
How?
- Educating and empowering students who are committed to environmental stewardship
- Reducing our environmental impact as a school and as a community
- Ensuring social inclusion of all members of our community, including the most vulnerable.
- Ensuring ISB's Long-Term financial strength
- Attracting and retaining the best staff
- Pursuing contemporary, progressive pedagogy/academic programming to remain at the forefront of educational development and maintain academic excellence
- Ensuring ISB’s facilities remain up-to-date with the developments in a changing educational landscape.
ISB IS AN ECO-School
International School Basel is proud to be an Eco-Schools member, in recognition of our commitment to be a sustainable school and embrace sustainable practices across the school campuses. This award recognises our efforts to:
- Encourage the implementation of sustainable development practices in the school
- Empower students to take action and be the change for sustainability
- Help students address current and future challenges of a global society
- Improve the school's ecological footprint and contribute to a better society
HOW we learn sustainably
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Culture
Creating a culture of respect for our environment, both natural and on campus, and a space where conversations around environmental sustainability can happen.
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Curriculum
Examining our existing curriculum to highlight links between learning in the classroom and environmental sustainability, bringing in speakers and workshops that teach the science behind climate change or discuss topics like fast fashion, finding opportunities for field trips or outdoor education that ties in with our curriculum.
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Community
Building a relationship with the community around ISB’s three campuses through trash pickups, CleanUP Day, and other activities; continuing to build the relationships within our school community of students, parents, and staff, through our Eco-Committee and on-campus events, like International Festival.
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Campus
Looking at ways to reduce our carbon footprint, redesign spaces, reduce food waste, encourage recycling, & create green spaces that foster appreciation for nature.
The eco-commitee
The ISB Eco-Committee is a joint partnership of staff, parents and students, who work together to support the development and implementation of our school sustainability strategy. Under the leadership of the ISB Sustainability Coordianator, they engage in different projects and events to channel students’ passion and interest in sustainability.
Meet our Sustainability Coordinators
Junior School
Middle School
Senior School
Whole School
Latest Sustainability News
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ISB has been recognised once again as a Eco School and received a Green Flag, in recognition of the school's commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship. This achievement underscores ISB’s commitment towards Sustainability, which is a key pillar under our Vision 2030 strategic plan.
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In September, several ISB students, parents and staff joined thousands of people around Switzerland to volunteer for the annual Swiss Clean Up and the Birsputzete days, in a effort to to raise awareness and contribute to keep our neighbouring green spaces clean and tidy.
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This symposium emphasized empowering students and schools with practical skills to address climate change effectively. It underscored the importance of collective effort in tackling environmental challenges and highlighted the potential for transformative change through individual and collective action. Read more about our Grade 7 students experience at the Environmental Symposium 2024.
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In winter 2022, our school implemented energy-saving measures, such as lowering the heat temperature and turning off electrical equipment when not needed. Looking back to our consumption data, we are thrilled to realise how much progress we have made.
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Our Grade 7 and 8 students are actively collaborating with their peers in the Reinach Primarschule on a weekly clean up initiative called the Abfall Challenge. Both groups of students take turns each week to clean up their shared Fiechten Campus.
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Our Grade 8 student Alannah presented her Tram Buddy project to our Grade 5 students. Her idea comes from her passion to take action against climate change and help the ISB Community to reduce their carbon footprint by setting up a Tram Buddy System so that more children can take the tram instead of being driven to school by car.