The Grange Institution | Official Partner for UNESCO WED2025
The Grange Institution
The Grange is an official partner for UNESCO World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development (WED) 2025, which was launched at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 4 March 2025.
WED is jointly operated by UNESCO and the World Federation for Engineering Organizations (WFEO), which spans some 100 countries and represents more than 30 million engineers. It is an International Day proclaimed by UNESCO.
Young Trailblazers
The Grange is committed to advocating the importance of sustainability, and understanding and maintaining a healthy relationship with both the natural world and our man-made environment. The school occupies a lush campus in Singapore’s green belt, which provides the setting for our “Green Granger” initiative – an immersive outdoor learning experience.
Our “Green Grangers” play an active role in organic horticulture, biology, and recycling, raising their awareness in biodiversity, sustainability, and environmental issues. It’s an educational approach that has helped the school win multiple awards, including Sustainable Schools of the Year at the 2023 and 2024 Singapore Education Awards.
“Before, sustainability was about keeping the Earth alive by not cutting down trees and picking up trash,” says former student Ysabela Gonzales. “But sustainability to me now doesn’t only mean keeping the Earth alive but also improving on it and making it its best self.”
Hands-on learning
There’s a lot to learn at our “Green Granger” trail. It’s a living, evolving ecosystem that encompasses five distinct zones, each offering different perspectives on the world around us, from an aquatic environment to a forestry area.
Students have hands-on roles maintaining the trail and getting involved with sustainable food production techniques such as composting. They also conduct experiments, collect data, and use technology, discovering what it means to be an active learner in the process. “One thing I’ve learned at The Grange is that not all kids learn from writing on a board,” says Ysabela, pioneer student at The Grange.
What does a sustainable future looks like?
The Grange is committed to SDG 4, which aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
“Both children and adults can benefit from playing in the outdoors,” says parent, Charmaine Lau. “Even in Singapore, which is an urban setting, we can learn a lot about ecology and environmental sciences.”
