3. What is Sustainable Development? A vision of development that encompasses populations, animal and plant species, ecosystems, natural resources – water, air, energy – and that integrates concerns such as the fight against poverty, gender equality, human rights, education for all, health, human security, intercultural dialogue, etc.
4. What is Sustainable Development? « Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. This we know. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. Man did not weave the web of life - he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. » Chief Seattle, 1854
11. « You can dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful place in the world ... but it requires people to make the dream a reality. » Walt Disney
12. « Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature. » (Principle 1, 1992, Rio Declaration on Environment and Development)
13. A world where everyone has the opportunity to benefit from quality education and learn the values, behaviour and lifestyles required for a sustainable future and for positive societal transformation. UN DESD Vision
38. « We must use imagination and resolution to go to the roots of the world problems and nip conflicts in the bud or, better still, prevent them. Learning to live together means daring to share, daring to do things differently, daring to dream of a better, safer, more just and humane world. It also means having the resolve and courage to transform our dreams into reality. » Federico Mayor (former Director-General of UNESCO)
39. « The ultimate goal of the Decade is that sustainable development must be more than just a slogan. It must be a concrete reality for all of us – individuals, organizations governments - in all of our daily decisions and actions, so as to promise a sustainable planet and a safer world, to our children, our grandchildren and their descendants. » Koïchiro Matsuura (former Director-General of UNESCO)
40. « I am convinced that Education for Sustainable Development, based on the interdependence of environment, economy, society and cultural diversity, is the key to a better and more just world of the 21 st century. » Irina Bokova (Director-General of UNESCO)
45. If Sustainable Development is a lifelong journey, then ESD is the roadmap, and DESD is the first phase of this journey ! UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development www.unesco.org/education/desd Email: [email_address]
47. Follow DESD on Facebook : www.facebook.com/pages/Paris-France/Education-for-Sustainable-Development/115988995086547?ref=ts
Editor's Notes
More than 1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water More than 2 billion people lack adequate sanitation 92% of all HIV/AIDS cases are in developing countries Every year, 3 million people die from AIDS and 5 million become infected by HIV/AIDS (2004) Every minute of every day, a child under the age of 15 dies of AIDS-related illness. (2005) Irrigation of arable land represents 70% of all worldwide freswater withdrawals Protected areas cover only 10% of land areas and 1% of marine areas Half of the 6000 indigenous languages in the world are threatened with extinction