CONTENTS

Welcome
Walter Hirche

Dear Reader
Roland Bernecker

Education for Sustainable Development – a new field of learning and action
Gerhard de Haan

The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development from the Perspective of the Federal Government
Annette Schavan

From Global Ambition to Decentralised Implementation
The UN Decade in the Federal States
Ute Erdsiek-Rave

Change of Course for Sustainability
The UN World Decade from the perspective of the German Parliament
Ulla Burchardt

Impulses for Education Policy in Thuringia
The Federal State of Thuringia has approved a Plan of Action on Education for Sustainability
Dieter Althaus

It’s All Happening in the Federal States
Environment ministers from the Federal States are supporting the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
Herlind Gundelach

Sustainability in the Local Authorities
Bonn and the UN Decade
Bärbel Dieckmann

The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development as a Project for Politics and Civil Society
Drafted by the National Committee for the UN Decade

Members of the National Committee for the UN Decade in Germany

The Role of Non-Governmental Organisations in Implementing the UN Decade
Annette Dieckmann / Jörg-Robert Schreiber

The Need to Take Responsible and Long-term Decisions
Carl Lindberg

"We have to respect the different pace chosen by each country"
Interview with the Chief of the Section for ESD at UNESCO
Aline Bory-Adams

Where the journey should lead
The National Plan of Action for the UN Decade
Elmar Schüll

The Recognition of Official Decade Projects
Heidi Consentius

From São Paulo to the Solomon Islands
The UN Decade for Sustainable Development around the world
Alexander Leicht

International Bonn Workshop on the Decade

Facing Up To Fate
Global natural hazards and Education for Sustainable Development
Thomas Loster

Preparing for Catastrophes
UNESCO’s Education and Information Initiatives
Badaoui Rouhban

Education for Sustainable Development – Cultural Education – Cultural Diversity
Will what belongs together grow together?
Max Fuchs

The Concept of Sustainability at the UNESCO Associated Schools
Case study: the joint network in Lower Saxony and Bremen
Heinz-Jürgen Rickert

Young People and Sustainability – A Relationship with a Future?
Jasmin Godemann

Private Enterprise Promotes Education for Sustainability
Deutsche Telekom’s Children’s Future Congress
Marion Schöberl

At a glance:
The UN Decade "Education for Sustainable Development" in Germany

Members of the Round Table on the UN Decade