Education for sustainable developmentGlobal concerns for the future of our planet and the species it hosts were strengthened 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,