My Community, Our Earth: Online Resources for Teaching Sustainable Development

March 2007


The My Community, Our Earth (MyCOE) partnership has a goal of encouraging youth to address local sustainability issues through geography. Through MyCOE's partnership, students have created innovative geography projects that illuminate local environmental concerns. Some 2005 projects can be viewed here.

The seed for MyCOE was planted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2002.

MyCOE also directs students looking for project mentors, and has several resources on the following topics:

Biodiversity
Climate change
Deforestation
Environmental pollution
Food production
Fresh water supply
Mountain development
Poverty reduction
Rural development
Urbanization