Why Eco-Schools?

  • Decades of proven success: Join one of the largest and best established Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) programmes in the world.

  • Structured pathway & global benchmark: Follow a simple seven-step framework to transform your school and gain the internationally recognised Green Flag standard of excellence in ESD. 

  • Embedded learning & action: Eco-Schools will guide you to reorientate any curriculum or school setting around your most relevant sustainability issues, engaging local and expert knowledge in real-world application.. 

  • Real impact on real issues: Achieve measurable impacts on energy and water conservation, waste reduction, biodiversity, climate resilience through student-led action. 

  • Externally recognised for excellence: Eco-Schools is widely recognised by partners and institutions as a high-quality, credible pathway for sustainability education and school transformation. 

  • Backed by evidence: Independent research and national evaluations show Eco-Schools strengthens student leadership, environmental literacy, whole-school engagement, and long-term behaviour change. 

  • Changing education systems from the bottom up: Join a student-led and locally engaged movement which is transforming teaching and learning, removing barriers to quality education and changing schools and communities around the world!  Explore our Seven-Steps Framework. 

Eco-Schools, Czech Republic (2025)