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Definition

Future trends in sustainable development can be defined as the trajectory of student and stakeholder initiative and involvement as related to drivers.

Introduction: SD in HE

Since Rachel Carson’s seminal publication, Silent Spring, there has been mounting interest and debate surrounding humanity’s role as conservator/steward of the natural environment. Escalating scientific evidence, rising negative personal environmental experiences, progressive increase in citizen consumer environmental consciousness, and international political attention to environmental issues have resulted in worldwide concern. Hence, SD/ESD have gained acceptance, import, and momentum in HEI.

Many factors affect this morphing field, including the multi-intercross-pluri and transdisciplinary nature of ESD, skills sets of stakeholders, stakeholders’ internal/external motivational domains, ability of curricula and pedagogy to instill positive futures possibilities, curricula content, pedagogic approach,...

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Appendix: List of Acronyms

Appendix: List of Acronyms

AI:

Artificial intelligence

CASE:

Competencies for a sustainable socioeconomic development

CSR:

Corporate social responsibility

DESD:

Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

EE:

Environmental education

ERB:

Environmentally responsible behavior

ESD:

Education for sustainable development

GC:

Green consciousness

HE:

Higher education

HEI:

Higher education institutions

LO:

Learning outcomes

MSI:

Multi-stakeholder initiative

OECD:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OLS:

Online learning systems

PD:

Professional development

PPBL:

Problem- and Project- Based Learning

PRME:

Principles of responsible management education

SC:

Sustainability consciousness

SD:

Sustainable development

SDGs:

Sustainable Development Goals

SE:

Sustainability education

SF:

Sustainable futures

STEM:

Sustainability transdisciplinary education model

STL:

Scientific and technical literacy

STS:

Science, Technology and Society

TBL:

Triple bottom line

TL:

Transformative learning

TMFAs:

Tools, methods, frameworks/models and approaches

UN:

United Nations

UNESCO:

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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Araneo, P.M. (2019). Future Trends in Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_318

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