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Jenkins  \nUniversity of New England  \nArmidale, Australia  \nBertram A. Jenkins  \nUniversity of New England  \nArmidale, Australia  \nAbstract  \nIn this paper, we discuss the challenges for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) with respect to achieving an appropriate balance between the three pillars of sustainable development--economy, society and the environment. In order to do this, we focus on specific concerns confronting a number of developing countries in the Pacific where unsustainable activities provide lessons for the implementation of ESD. ESD requires commitment from governments, commercial operators including transnational corporations, and local communities to facilitate positive changes through development of sustainable practices. In addition, we examine links between ESD and Environmental Education (EE) and advocate that they have the potential to work together to bring about the desired changes necessary to create a sustainable future.  \nIntroduction  \nIncreasingly, there is consensus that our current lifestyles are environmentally and politically unsustainable (McKeown & Hopkins, 2003) . Degraded environments, depleted resources, over-consumption, widespread poverty and conflict are some of the many issues that threaten the stability of the world in which we live. Society must now transform its economic, social and environmental practices in order to stop threatening its own life support systems as well as the lives and livelihoods of its members.  \nEducation, in its broadest sense, is one important means of achieving this change towards a sustainable world. Education is viewed as helping to provide the means to build the knowledge, skills, values and behaviors necessary for individuals, communities and nations to generate sustainable futures (Keating, 1993) . Ironically, however, education can also contribute to \"reproducing an unsustainable society\" by being part of the problem as well as the solution (Sterling, 1996, p.18) . Education has often been accused of playing a part in replicating the dominant social, cultural, political and economic norms that exist within society (Sterling, 1996, p.18) . This reproduction helps perpetuate unsustainable modes of operation through education, business and governance. For example, schools, as part of the formal education sector, may inadvertently or by design transmit knowledge passively and in an uncritical way, thus supporting the status quo rather than effecting change (Orr, 1992; Stevenson, 1987) . Consequently, to be able to contribute to the wholesale societal change that is necessary to facilitate sustainable futures for all, current educational practices must be subject to scrutiny and reoriented as a transformative education, \"an education that helps bring  \n© 2005 Current Issues in Comparative Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 114 April 21, 2005  \nEducation for Sustainable Development and the Question of Balance: Lessons from the Pacific  \nabout the fundamental changes demanded by the challenges of sustainability\"(UNESCO, 2004, p.15) .  \nEducation for Sustainable Development  \nUNESCO's Draft International Implementation Scheme highlights the need for \"positive societal transformation\" by providing all people with an education that will allow them to adopt \"behaviors and practices which will enable all to live a full life without being deprived of the basics\" (UNESCO, 2004, p.4) . Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has been charged with providing this revolutionary education (United Nations, 1992; United Nations, 2002; UNESCO, 2004) . Such transformation implies changes in values and understandings; ones that show respect for all humans (both present and future generations), for difference, for the environment, and for the links that exist between all these elements (UNESCO, 2004) . The holistic, value-","cbCaivS86Xr3UJgH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivS86Xr3UJgH","pdf",285543,16,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Education for Sustainable Development\n## ESD and Environmental Education linkages","[{\"question\":\"What balance does the paper focus on in Education for Sustainable Development?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on achieving an appropriate balance between the economy, society, and environment pillars of sustainable development.\"},{\"question\":\"Who does the paper say must commit to implementing ESD?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that governments, commercial operators (including transnational corporations), and local communities must commit to facilitate positive change through sustainable development practices.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper relate ESD to Environmental Education (EE)?\",\"answer\":\"It explains that ESD is regarded as firmly rooted in EE, while noting differences in scope: EE often emphasizes environmental maintenance and improvement, whereas ESD encompasses broader concerns for environment, society, and the economy.\"}]","Education for Sustainable Development and the Question of Balance - Lessons from the Pacific | PDF",1792090949]