Education for sustainable development, youth, and new learning, or 'would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'

Karen Malone

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    Abstract

    Until recently, the planet was a large world in which human activities and their effects were neatly compartmentalised within nation states and broad areas of environmental, economic, or social concern. For many high-income countries in the global South, such as Australia and New Zealand, distance and isolation from the North and the global crisis of population growth and poverty have provided a buffer, inducing a sense of lethargy and a lack of urgency. But borders are dissolving, the reach of human and environmental disasters is increasing, and, like Alice falling down the rabbit hole, the world has become smaller and connected in new ways. There are no longer separate crises - an environmental crisis, a development crisis, and an energy crisis - they have become a global crisis of sustainability. It is within these new times of global crisis that the vision of education for sustainable development (ESD) should evolve - a vision I believe that should be based on new models of learning.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationYoung People, Education and Sustainable Development: Exploring Principles, Perspectives, and Praxis
    EditorsPeter Blaze Corcoran, Philip M. Osano
    Place of PublicationNetherlands
    PublisherWageningen Academic
    Pages171-179
    Number of pages9
    ISBN (Electronic)9789086866915
    ISBN (Print)9789086860937
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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