Compass Education

Compass Education is a non-profit and 501(c)3 registered organisation, a sustainability in education initiative and a leading actor in the global movement to TRANSFORM learning, thinking and action by youth, educators, school leaders, and educational institutions, in order to contribute to building a flourishing and sustainable future for all. Compass Education strives to empower and connect learning communities (students, teachers, administrators, school support staff, parents, board) to educate and act for a floursihing and sustainable future. The Sustainability Compass helps you bring people together around a common understanding of sustainability, and a shared vision for getting there. It also helps you monitor progress along the way. First developed in 1997, the Sustainability Compass has been used by companies, communities, organizations, schools and universities around the world. A regular compass helps us map the territory and find our direction. This Compass does the same thing for sustainability. It takes the English-language directions — North, East, South, West — and renames them, while keeping the same well-known first letters: N is for Nature – All of our natural ecological systems and environmental concerns, from ecosystem health and nature conservation, to resource use and waste. E is for Economy – The human systems that convert nature’s resources into food, shelter, ideas, technologies, industries, services, money and jobs. S is for Society – The institutions, organizations, cultures, norms, and social conditions that make up our collective life as human beings. W is for Wellbeing – Our individual health, happiness, and quality of life.