Education for a sustainable development in comparison with global education and environmental education

Abstract

At present, there are several initiatives taking place with the goal to anchor education for a sustainable development (ESD) within the educational system. Within this context, a pivotal question arises regarding the relationship between ESD, global education and environmental education. On one hand, it is feared that ESD adds yet another educational sub-area to the already vast catalogue, on the other hand, observations suggest that demands for interdisciplinary educational requirements, particularly global education and environmental education, are often related to ESD – thus, ESD apparently can be connected to existing interdisciplinary demands for education.
This article is dedicated to this question concerning the relationship between ESD and global education as well as environmental education.