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Environmental Education for Sustainable Development

Manisha Wadhwa nee Dabas and K. Kalyani

Education for sustainable development is a life-wide and life-long education, which challenges individuals, institutions, and society to view tomorrow as a day that belongs to all of us or it will not belong to any one

 

— UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005–2014

Sustainability through education is the global goal of the millennium. Effective environmental education is not just a programme or policy, but a mission which encompasses many dimensions: social, cultural, ethical and environmental dimensions. It is a global agenda which acknowledges the transformative role of school education to achieve the goal of sustainable future ...

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