This book contributes to advancing the knowledge and skills
required for teaching sustainable development, including: the
ability to make conscious choices among available alternative
contents and methods for deepening students' perspectives on
sustainable development; the history of humankind's interaction
with the natural world; a focus on how current environmental
commitment has evolved, transformed and intensified over the years;
four current ways of putting these issues into perspective, and
much more.
Introduction The History of Humankind - from Hunting for Survival to Hunting for Pleasure The History of Industrialism and Environmentalism Sustainable Development - Sustainable for Who? Environmental Problems from an Ecological Point of View Environmental Problems from an Ethical point of View Environmental Problems from a Political Point of View Environmental Problems from an Economic Point of View Selective Traditions within Environmental Education Environmental Education from a Democratic Perspective Learning of Knowledge and Morals Teaching Sustainable Development Teaching Models within Sustainable Development Conclusion: Competence in Education for Sustainable Development Index.