Education for sustainable development (ESD) is a concept that goes far beyond environmental education. It is the educational process of achieving human development (which envisages three pillars of human development: “economic growth”, “social development”, and “environmental protection”) in an inclusive, equitable and secure manner. It, thus, includes education for: poverty alleviation, human ...

This work presents an analysis of student perception Spanish university education degrees regarding their training in sustainable development. A sample 942 students was used. The methodology consists analyzing the results a survey answered by first- and fourth-year from nine degree courses four universities. Comparison learning against those first year enables improvements sustainability to be ...

Sustainable development is highly dependent on the implementation of environmental education programs, which has as its ultimate goal to produce environmentally literate citizens that undertake environmentally friendly actions. Efforts on environmental education along past years are now perceived on the increase of citizens awareness on European countries and, particularly, in Portugal. However...

Education has been known as the best tool in world for developing a human being from darkness to lightness. Different research scholars argue that education can be formal, informal, or non-formal. Apart that, better and more tasteful should bring about changes socially, politically, economically, culturally. Human beings manage handle solve different problems through education. This will also m...

One of the most important issues which has been of interest for scholars during the past decades is sustainable rural development and its concerning discussions. Social sustainability as the key aspect of sustainable development is of critical importance to sustainable rural development. Bringing social sustainability issues into focus in the present century has made an opportunity for achievin...