Sustainability@ISB
The Sustainability Programme is a whole school initiative engaging the entire community to promote and foster environmental sustainability.
WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?
In 1987, the UN defined sustainability as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Our Journey
In 2018-2019 we embarked on a formal journey to embrace more sustainable behaviours at ISB. As part of that, ISB is now an Eco-Schools member. This formalises our commitment, provides a sense of community and engages us in meaningful collaboration with like-minded schools. In line with the Eco-Schools goals, our aim is to:
- Foster stewardship towards our environment, reflected in our daily attitudes, dispositions and actions
- Encourage the implementation of sustainable development practices at school
- Empower students to take action and be the change for sustainability
- Help students develop the ability to address current and future challenges of a globalised society
- Contribute to a better society
- Improve the school's ecological footprint
Latest Sustainability News
![ISB COP26 Conference]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1637569794/basel/hquecyqwlv9ki8o2z2br/JadeDickinson.jpg","width":150}])
To mark the 2021 United Nations COP26 conference, ISB held our very own climate change conference, allowing students the opportunity to make their voices heard! Each student represented a country and debated topics such as 'Curtailing Deforestation', and 'The Switch to Electric Vehicles'.
![Sustainability Tree Planting and Academy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1636995127/basel/m8vrriwfyhx6rjg6cpih/IMG_2672.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1636995127/basel/m8vrriwfyhx6rjg6cpih/IMG_2672.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1636995127/basel/m8vrriwfyhx6rjg6cpih/IMG_2672.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1636995127/basel/m8vrriwfyhx6rjg6cpih/IMG_2672.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1636995127/basel/m8vrriwfyhx6rjg6cpih/IMG_2672.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1636995127/basel/m8vrriwfyhx6rjg6cpih/IMG_2672.jpg","width":2200}])
On Saturday 6 November 2021 we had the incredible opportunity to work with the Forstrevier Angenstein Team at a Plant-For-The-Planet tree-planting event!
![Run4Trees IS BACK]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1631607928/basel/xlnmmyo3sumxssel1oqh/Run4treesisback.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1631607928/basel/xlnmmyo3sumxssel1oqh/Run4treesisback.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1631607928/basel/xlnmmyo3sumxssel1oqh/Run4treesisback.png","width":744}])
Hundreds of ISB students are once again running to raise money to plant thousands of trees with tree-planting charity Plant-For-The Planet.
![In Pursuit of Global Environmental Sustainability Written by Lavanya, Grade 10]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1630511005/basel/uykpf6etddygfnu3o2uq/lavanyaGr10.jpg","width":254}])
Lavanya is a Grade 10 student who is part of the ISB's Environmental Society and actively contributes to numerous activities to raise awareness and instill action within the ISB community and beyond. Earlier this year, she took the initiative to attend an international conference on climate change and in this article she shares her key takeaways and insights.
![Grade 1 Class Recycling Centre]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1616423690/basel/u4m9hhzyrvdvinl51lhn/recyclingcentre2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1616423690/basel/u4m9hhzyrvdvinl51lhn/recyclingcentre2.jpg","width":512}])
We are proud of our Grade 1 students who initiated a project where they organised a waste management system in their classroom as they recognized the need to recycle all items possible in order to reduce the impact they have on the environment.
![ISB Featured in the WochenBlatt]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1618403874/basel/hvp6liv87t1gflgrcvhi/wochenblatt2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1618403874/basel/hvp6liv87t1gflgrcvhi/wochenblatt2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1618403874/basel/hvp6liv87t1gflgrcvhi/wochenblatt2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1618403874/basel/hvp6liv87t1gflgrcvhi/wochenblatt2.jpg","width":976}])
We are very excited to see that ISB was featured in the WochenBlatt for our efforts for the Eco-Schools award and reduction of waste!