Benchmarks for Individual and Social Learning

“I am very impressed by the depth of thought and careful organization of ideas. This material will be very helpful to a lot of us in the field.”
Ann Hempelmann, Sustainability Education and Consulting

Download The EfS Benchmarks

Education for a Sustainable Future: Benchmarks for Individual and Social Learning, released by The Journal of Sustainability Education represents the current and best thinking of forty-two scholars and practitioners of the field of Education for Sustainability. The Benchmarks embody the consensus that our field needs to demonstrate the impact of EfS and to catalyze wide spread implementation.

The EfS Benchmarks recognizes the processes that includes a whole system of dynamic and interconnected elements considered essential to educating for a sustainable future: Big Ideas, Applied Knowledge and Actions, Higher Order Thinking Skills, Dispositions, and Authentic Place-Based Community Connections.

Benchmarks for Individual and Social Learning

“I am very impressed by the depth of thought and careful organization of ideas. This material will be very helpful to a lot of us in the field.”Ann Hempelmann, Sustainability Education and Consulting

“I am very impressed by the depth of thought and careful organization of ideas. This material will be very helpful to a lot of us in the field.”
Ann Hempelmann, Sustainability Education and Consulting