Educating for a sustainable future
Subtitle: commitments and partnerships : proceedings of the High-Level International Conference on Education for Sustainable Development at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 2-3 September 2002, Johannesburg, organized by UNESCO and the South African Ministry of Education in cooperation with the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee.
Contributors: Unesco.; South Africa. Ministry of Education.; International Conference on Educating for a Sustainable Future: Action, Commitments and Partnerships (2002 : Johannesburg, South Africa)
Series: Education on the move
Publisher: Unesco
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Environmental education -- Congresses; Environmental ethics -- Study and teaching -- Congresses; Sustainable development -- Study and teaching -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: These seminar proceedings constitute a key reference work on the nature, scope and purpose of educating for sustainable development. The Introduction and the five parts consider the many facets of education for sustainable development, ranging from the need for global action, through the sustainability of education itself, sustainable rural development and poverty eradication, to the current context and new perspectives. Contributors include: Kader Asmal, Paul Cappon, Jacques Diouf, John Fien, Rob Fincham, Monique Fouilhoux, Kul C. Gautum, Hans van Ginkel, Mayor Hagiwara, Griselda Keynon, Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Marina Marcos Valadão, Koichiro Matsuura, Bedrich Moldan, James T. Morris, Tony Pigott, Thomas Rosswall, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Niels Thygesen, Daniella Tilbury.