Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Shaping the Future – Taking Responsibility Together

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Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) empowers people to responsibly shape the world of today and tomorrow. It helps children, young people, and adults understand global contexts, adopt different perspectives, and make sustainable decisions for the environment, society, and the economy.

ESD is not a standalone school subject but a cross-cutting task that connects many educational areas. Whether it’s climate protection, biodiversity, health, nutrition, or resource conservation, sustainable development can be experienced in all types of schools and subjects as well as at extracurricular learning locations.

In the Oberberg district, the education office works closely with the ESD Regional Center Landscape House of the Bergische Agency for Cultural Landscape as well as the Forum for Social Innovation (FSI). Together, educational offerings are developed, actors are networked, and impulses are set for a sustainable educational landscape.