whenthe Brundtland Report focused on equity and sustainability as the means through whichdevelopment can meet “the needs of the present without compromising the ability of futuregenerations to meet their own needs” (World Commission on Environment and Development,1987, p. 8). Calls to educate people about these concerns and to encourage action on the ensuingsocial and ecological consequences were amplified in the Agenda 21 action plan emerging fromthe 1992 Earth Summit (United Nations, 1993), and consolidated in the objectives of UNDecade of Education for Sustainable Development, 2005-2014 (United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO, 2014]). Australia responded swiftly to theseglobal calls, releasing a succession of statements and action plans that formed the foundationof policies and programs designed to build capacity to educate for a sustainable future (seeCommonwealth of Australia, 2000; 2005; 2009). Gough (2011), among others, tracked howsustainability became part of environmental education in Australia (see, for example, Kennelly,Taylor & Serow, 2011; Stevenson, Ferreira, & Emery, 2016). The concept of ESD entered thesustainability discourse, evolving into a key enabler for the Sustainable Development Goals(UNESCO, 2017). According to UNESCO (2018), ESD