EDUCATING FOR SUSTAINABILITY: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND INTEGRATION OF ESD IN EDUCATION

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is vital in fostering quality education that enables stakeholders to work collaboratively and address complex problems related to sustainable development. ESD is a process for developing awareness, necessary skills, and values so that the learners can take responsibility in society for the future's sustainable development. The paper discusses two aspects of ESD, i.e., Environmental Education (EE) as the subset of ESD and the integration of ESD in educational institutions. The paper utilized a rigorous literature review to understand these aspects of ESD. It was seen that student-centric approaches, such as hands-on experiences and working with nature, can make learners aware of environmental sustainability issues. Further, ESD can transform education to inculcate sustainable development values and can be integrated into educational institutions by developing sustainability-related competencies and moving towards transdisciplinarity.