Education for sustainability At the Earth Summit back in 1992 it was recognized that education, at all levels, had a crucial role to play in helping citizens understand and act on issues relating to the welfare of people and the planet. The terms “education for sustainable development” (ESD) and “education for sustainability” (EFS) then began to become part of the educational vocabulary. With the proclamation of the World Decade devoted to “Education for Sustainable Development” in the period 2005-2014, the United Nations General Assembly pledged that education is inseparable from the goal of sustainable development. At the same time, the UN Economic Commission for Europe drew up a separate Education for Sustainable Development strategy in 2005. 6
Sustainable Schools
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