ESD - Cure or Placebo?

After tracing the origins of the concept of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the Brundtland Report and Agenda 21, this paper provides an overview of ESD initiatives in Canada over the past 20 years, emphasizing Canada’s response to the UN Decade for ESD (2005-2014).  The paper concludes with a discussion of what steps are needed to make ESD more effective in preparing Canadians and others  to meet 21^st century sustainability challenges. 

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