SCALES Project

The Sustainability and Climate Change Across Learning Environments (SCALES) Project’s goal is to support instructors of secondary and postsecondary students as they work to infuse sustainability and climate change into their lessons.

Climate and Sustainability Explainers

Learn more about specific aspects of sustainability and climate change using MIT’s Climate Explainers and other resources

Lesson & Activity Database

Find ready to use lessons and activities from that focus on sustainability and climate change

Pedagogical Practice Explainers

Learn more about specific teaching practices you can use to embody sustainable teaching in your classroom

Educators at all levels can help foster a sustainability literate citizenry through small changes to the content they cover or their instructional approaches. This ESI white paper reviews the history, competing definitions and frameworks of sustainability education, and offers guidance and resources to educators for moving their own instruction to embrace sustainability. Download the white paper

How can carbon emissions from freight be reduced?

Why aren’t biofuels more prevalent?

How are gases in the atmosphere analyzed and measured?

When scientists say the Earth has warmed by 1°C, which parts of the planet are being measured?

What is the most cost-effective way to buy carbon offsets?

How much carbon dioxide does the Earth naturally absorb?

Will companies pass on the cost of a carbon tax to consumers?

SCALES Project