Cross-cutting issue
Implementing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
In 2013 the German Federal Association for Sustainability through various collaborations in Germany and abroad has begun to develop concepts for sustainable development in education. Currently 15 experts from different educational sectors are working on the project group externally and internally.
The spectrum of education ranges from
- Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Development (EESD),
- School Education for Sustainable Development (SESD),
- Vocational Education for Sustainable Development (VESD),
- University Education for Sustainable Development (UESD),
- to Cultural Education for Sustainable Development (CESD)
and encompasses a holistic approach. Common key objective of the concepts is to restore a lost connection with nature as means of livelihood for future generations.
Designing educational processes for sustainable development
The formation of educational processes will play a decisive role in the future of the "transformation of our world" [preamble of the → UN Global Sustainable Development Goals] towards sustainability.
It is important to include the different educational formats (formal, non-formal, informal, transformative) as well as different places of learning in this design and to network them with each other.
