There would be great value in further adapting this tool, or developing an alternative, for use in primary and secondary schools, and in TVET institutions. With the growing recognition of the value of whole school approaches to ESD, tools such as this one, which serve to illustrate what is meant by ‘whole school’, are an important step forward. With a recognition of their natural and cultural assets, many tertiary institutions in SIDS have begun to develop graduate programmes and research emphases on sustainability issues.