Education for Sustainable Development ( ESD )by | 16-11-2014 00:08 |
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![]() Education is important because Education gives people the chance to change their life , define their future and take control of their destiny . As a Youth Activist and educator working in Yemen and studied in Pakistan throughout all my work and study experiences, I have come to know that I am interested in the area of Education that is " Education for Sustainable Development " Because this area of education allows every human being to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) : means including key sustainable development issues into teaching and learning for example, climate change, disaster risk reduction, biodiversity, poverty reduction, sustainable consumption and recycling . ESD It not that easy area that we can find it in our teaching and learning systems specially in the Arab Region, Because the pressing issue in ESD that it also requires teaching and learning methods that motivate and empower learners to change their behavior and take action for sustainable development. From my point of view, I strongly see that ESD can support youth in their role as change makers by different ways and ideas as following : 2- ESD can support youth by allow every human being to acquire the knowledge , skills and values that will make them able to be a change agents and shape a sustainable future . 3- ESD supporting youth in understanding and in acting to transform the social, cultural, political and economical structures which affect their lives and others. 4-ESD supporting youth by guiding us to the road map to select our future fields that we like and we have an interest in it. Therefore youth will be more active and working hard in different fields with a full responsibility to keep our plant a better place for them to live and the coming generations.
And if we talk about Innovative solutions for ESD, I am strongly believe that Youth can be a driving force for action in Education and Sustainable Development by the following points : 1- Involving youth in the decision making process, because they are important source of creativity, enthusiasm and are drivers of social changes. 2- Empowered the youth with sufficient knowledge, enabling skills and appropriate attitudes and values. 3- Rise awareness that enable young people to comprehend their relationship with the environment and make concerted efforts to conserve it and create a more sustainable and equitable present and future. 4- Providing young people with a high quality education and free access to knowledge and resources as well as providing them with appropriate employment opportunities to enable them to acquire skills and facilitate their transition from education to employment. 5- Recalling the commitment of UN and its member states to recognize the priorities of youth as an integral part in the future development including sustainable development and the post -2015 Development agenda negotiations. |