Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Iran
 
Soheila Bazm ^1*
 
1 School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran.
 

Citation: Bazm S. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Iran. J Environ Health Sustain Dev. 2021; 6(3): 1330-1.
 

Sustainable Development (SD) is defined as the combination of human socio-economic and environmental health goals to expand the current abilities and human well-being without compromising the ability of future generation to face their needs ¹. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is represented as a process to boost understanding of the interdependence of natural, socio-economic and political systems at local, national and global levels, to encourage critical reflection and decision making ². It is reflected in personal lifestyles, to encourage citizens in building sustainable development, develop interactive and participatory skills as well as developing appropriate environmental understanding based on an understanding of the independence of nature and skills of problem-solving ³.
While in our country, most people overuse unhealthy foods, natural substances, energy and disposable substances, they are not responsible against environment, destroy and pollute the environment; generate many wastes in environment that recycled in a long time ⁴, training them is necessity; but environmental education instead of sustainable development education is not sufficient .It is necessity to add socio-cultural and economic dimensions to educational course.
The study found that the non-formal education provided significant support to the formal education system, leading to promotion vertical integration from international guidelines to local-level implementation⁵. The document of 1404 vision, enumerates the features for the country, that some of these features cannot be achieved except with environmental education tools ⁶. Many countries still lack the resources to adequately warn society about the destructive human activities and their impact on nature ^7-8. In this way, some researchers in Iran indicating that Iran is one of this countries that educational system is without the cohesive programming and planning for their scholars and students ³ . A brief review in programs of other countries showed a long time strategy for education of sustainable development from preschool level to higher education; although they stated that this program have to edit ^8-10. Researchers believe that the best way to formalized positive learning habits is to teach them from childhood ¹¹. Environmental protection is also a habit that must be learned from childhood to become a mental belief ¹¹. This belief obliges the child to protect the unique habitant we have in the best way. Since children are the main axis of sustainable development, their education has special importance; that Iranian officials should pay attention to.
 
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