About | Sustainability
ISL Embraces Sustainability Schoolwide
At the International School of Luxembourg, we embrace the full complexity of schoolwide sustainability. We are proud members of The Green Schools Alliance (GSA) which is an organisation dedicated to connect and empower schools to lead the transformation to a sustainable, equitable and climate resilient future. It has in excess of 8000 member schools from more than 90 countries.
The structure of our Schoolwide Sustainability Framework is research based and is best described as having four key components.
Student Learning is at the centre of everything we do at ISL.
That is why it is represented as the pivotal point of our framework around which the other three distinct (yet closely coupled) areas of influence rotate: Organisational Culture; Physical Place; and, Educational Programmes.
Themes and Action Areas
STUDENT LEARNING
- Nature Based Learning
- Service Learning
- Student Leadership
- Experiential Learning
- Changemakers
ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE
- Community & Engagement
- Coordination & Planning
- Diversity & Affordability
- Human Resources
- Wellbeing By Design
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES
- Curriculum
- Co-curricular activities
- IB PYP
- IB MYP
- IB DP
PHYSICAL PLACE
- Air & Climate
- Buildings & Grounds
- Energy
- Food Service
- Transportation
- Waste Management
- Water
Monitoring Our Progress & Measuring Our Sustainability Success
Each of the four key components of our framework contain specific themes that lead to action areas.
Our student-led Energy Vision Task Force uses the 53 metrics of the GSA Sustainability Tracking Analytics & Roadmap Tool (START) to measure, monitor and report about our progress.
Our framework creates the foundation for us to maximise the input and impact from everyone in our community and it provides the compass we need to help us stay the course as we navigate our way to a more sustainable future.
If you would like to know more about our approach to schoolwide sustainability, Phil Keech our Head of Sustainability would be delighted to hear from you.
