PRESDA Foundation

Education for Sustainable Development

As the world population increases and develops, the essential resources of humankind such as water, food, raw materials, arable land, education, economic growth and so forth all become strained to meet the needs of society. Sustainable development is a broad concept that encompasses integration of economic objectives, such as efficiency and prosperity; social objectives, such as equality and social justice; and ecological objectives, such as the conservation and sustainable management of the biosphere.

The impact of increased human development increases the difficulty to combat global issues and concerns, such as: environmental impact, deforestation, global warming, depletion of ocean resources, water and food scarcity, extreme poverty, infant mortality rates, the spread of diseases, human rights, gender equality, empowerment of women, and universal primary education, and so forth.