When I teach a course at a university, I always ask myself, "What do I want the students to remember at the end of today's class? a year from now? and 10 years from now?" I asked myself the same question about the Education for Sustainability Toolkit. The main themes that I would like you to remember are these:

• ESD must be locally relevant and culturally appropriate, reflecting the environmental, economic, and social conditions of your community.
  
  
• ESD should be created through a process of public participation in which stakeholders from across the community can express their visions for a sustainable community and what an education reoriented to address sustainability should include.
  
  
• Each discipline, teacher, and administrator can contribute to ESD according to the strengths model.
  
  
• Communities and school systems should work together to achieve community sustainability goals.

Education is our great hope for a sustainable future. By contemplating and taking on the important task of implementing ESD you are bringing the possibility of a more sustainable future to your community and nation.

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