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Educating for a Sustainable Future – A National Environmental Education Statement for Australian Schools provides a nationally agreed description of the nature and purpose of environmental education for sustainability through all years of schooling, including a vision and a framework for its implementation. It is intended for teachers, schools and their communities, education systems and developers of curriculum materials. It is also intended as a companion to existing State and Territory polices and programmes and does not replace them.

The Statement has been developed collaboratively over a period of approximately twelve months and is based upon significant input from government and non-government organisations. The Statement has been endorsed by all Australian and State/Territory Ministers for Education through the Ministerial Council on Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) in May 2005.

The distribution of Educating for Sustainable Future to all Australian schools in November 2005 coincides with the first year of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD) 2005-2014. The Decade calls upon all countries to strengthen their contribution to sustainable development through a focus on education. The release of this Statement represents a significant contribution to this event.

Enquiries

Please address any requests and enquiries (including feedback on this Statement and enquiries about reproduction rights) to:

Environmental Education Section
Department of the Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601

Phone: 02 6274 1523
Fax: 02 6274 2510

To obtain printed copies of the Statement contact:

Community Information Unit
Department of the Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Phone: 1800 803 772