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Rising to the Challenge: Education for Sustainability in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

Daniella Tilbury
Daniella Tilbury*
Affiliation:
Macquarie University
*
†Director, Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW, AustraliaNSW 2109. Email: dtilbury@gse.mq.edu.au.
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Abstract

With the UN Decade in Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) approaching, the question is “how well positioned is Australia to respond to the challenge of educating for sustainability?”. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief summary of ESD status, needs and innovations at the national level within Australia. ESD is relevant to all major social groups and so this paper includes developments in a number of settings including, formal education, further and higher education, industry and community contexts. This paper has been informed by the recent findings of a national review of EE's contribution to sustainability in Australia. It incorporates the latest trends and recent national initiatives which are playing a significant role in developing frameworks in ESD nationally.

Keywords

Education for Sustainable DevelopmentEnvironmental EducationUN DecadeAustralia
Type
Research Article
Information
Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , 2004 , pp. 103 - 114
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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