Resources on DESD

• UNESCO DESD Website
  Since the beginning of October 2003, UNESCO has had an interactive website in English, French and Spanish. The website gives visibility to local, national and international ESD activities, initiatives and events. The site is updated weekly with information in all three languages. The UN DESD logo, along with guidelines for the use of the logo, are also available on the DESD website.
  
  
• Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (CEE)
  This website aims at establishing a strong online community for networking and sharing of knowledge on Sustainable Development.
  
  
• UNESCO and Sustainable Development brochure
  A brochure on “UNESCO and Sustainable Development”, prepared with the Bureau of Strategic Planning, outlines UNESCO’s actions for sustainable development in its different fields of competence.
  
  
• Framework for a DESD Communication Strategy in Support of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
  Provides guidelines for different stakeholders to come together and work on a joint harmonious communication strategy, dedicated to furthering the exchange of information on ESD
  
  
• Linkages between global education initiatives
  A brochure entitled “Links between the Global Initiatives in Education”, gives an overview of the similarities and differences among the four initiatives [Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD), Education For All (EFA) and the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD)] and includes suggestions for mutual support and collaboration.
  
  
• Guidelines for integrating sustainability issues in Teacher Education
  Guidelines and Recommendations for Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability have been prepared by the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chair on Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability (York Univesity, Toronto) and the International Network of Teacher Education Institutions.
  
  
• CD-ROM ‘Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future’
  A multimedia teacher education program. The program contains 100 hours (25 modules) of professional development for use in pre-service teacher courses as well as for the in-service education of teachers, curriculum developers, education policy makers, and authors of educational materials.
  
  
• UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
  Contributions from Germany (UNESCO today. Journal of the German Commission for UNESCO. Special Edition 2007)
  
  
• “Educating for Tomorrow’s World”
  Issue 16 of the Education Today, UNESCO’s Education Sector Newsletter focus on Education for Sustainable Development and the DESD.
  
  
• The DESD in brief
  A leaflet on the UN DESD, what it is and UNESCO’s role in leading the DESD is available in English and French.
  
  
• ESD information sheet
  As part of UNESCO’s 60th anniversary celebrations, the week of 5-10 June 2006 was dedicated to Education for Sustainable Development. An information sheet on ESD was produced by the UNESCO Bureau of Public Information in English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
  
  
• DESD International Implementation Scheme
  The DESD International Implementation Scheme was approved at the 172nd session of the UNESCO Executive Board. It is available in English and French. It will soon be published also in Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
  
  
• International Implementation Scheme in brief
  A user friendly booklet on the essential elements of the DESD International Implementation Scheme has been prepared and is available in English and French. It will soon be published also in Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
  
  
• Framework for the UN DESD International Implementation Scheme
  This reference document was prepared through consultation with other United Nations Agencies, international organizations, governments, NGOs, universities, individuals and the private sector. It was presented at the 59th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, September-October 2004). It served as basis for the writing of the DESD International Implementation Scheme.
  
  
• DESD Online Consultation (pdf, 180kb)
  An online consultation about the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) 2005-2014 was carried out from April 25 to June 30 2007 on the UNESCO Education Portal and focused on the following 3 topics of discussion: DESD major challenges, Awareness about the DESD, Implementation of the DESD
  
  
• Education for Sustainable Development and Life Skills
  A booklet Contributing to a More Sustainable Future: Quality Education, Life Skills and Education for Sustainable Development looks at quality education that fosters the knowledge, skills, perspectives, and values that lead to a more sustainable future.
  
  
• Caring for Our Future.The Australian Government Strategy for the United Nations Decade
  of Education for Sustainable Development, 2005–2014 Published by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage (pdf, 470kb)
  
  
• Report on Latin America Strategy for the UN DESD Released in Spanish language by Earth Charter International
  
  
• Strategic plan for New Zealand UNDESD (pdf, 80kb)
  
  
• UNESCO-IUCN: ESD in Pakistan