Challenge for Sustainability
Subtitle: Linking Politics, Education and Learning
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781447306467
Subjects: Environmental responsibility; Environmental education; Sustainability
Description: This timely and accessible book explores the links between politics, learning and sustainability. Its central focus is the future of people and the planet itself. The challenges that we face in combatting climate change and building a more sustainable world are complex and the book argues that if we are to successfully meet these challenges we need a fundamental change in the way we do politics and economics, embedding a lifelong commitment to sustainability in all learning. The book will be important reading for academics and students in a variety of related subjects, including politics, public policy,education, sustainable development, and development studies.