PREFACE BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNESCO
         EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
         INTRODUCTION
         I. WHAT IS ‘SUSTAINABILITY’?
         BEHIND THE HEADLINES
         Population
         Poverty
         Environmental degradation
         Democracy, human rights and peace
         Development
         Interdependence
         NORTH-SOUTH DIFFERENCES
         TOWARDS A DEFINITION OF SUSTAINABILITY
         A dynamic balance
         An emerging vision
         EDUCATION: THE FORCE OF THE FUTURE
         II. PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING: THE FUEL FOR CHANGE
         THE NEED FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
         CONFRONTING VESTED INTERESTS
         COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
         COMPLEX MESSAGES
         THE MESSENGERS
         REASON FOR OPTIMISM
         III. REORIENTING EDUCATION TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY
         IMPORTANCE OF BASIC EDUCATION
         WHAT CHANGES DOES SUSTAINABILITY REQUIRE?
         Curriculum reform
         Structural reform
         EDUCATIONAL REFORM: A CASE STUDY
         REFORM AT DIFFERENT SCALES
         CONTRIBUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
         INTERDISCIPLINARITY
         IV. SHIFTING TO SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES: CHANGING CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION PATTERNS
         INDIVIDUAL CHOICES AND LIFESTYLES
         COLLECTIVE DECISION-MAKING
         V. ETHICS, CULTURE AND EQUITY: SUSTAINABILITY AS A MORAL IMPERATIVE
         SOME ETHICAL PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY
         The ’ethic of time’
         Complexity as an ethical issue
         Continuity: the ethical link between past, present, and future
         CULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY
         TOWARDS A COMMON ETHIC
         EDUCATION, ETHICS, AND CHANGE
         VI. MOBILIZING FOR ACTION
         AN INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
         CHAPTER 36 OF AGENDA 21
         ACTION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
         ACTION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
         BOX 1: WORK PROGRAMME OF THE CSD – EDUCATION, PUBLIC AWARENESS AND TRAINING
         BOX 2: EARTH SUMMIT + 5
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