“ Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” Nelson Mandela

A list of resources compiled by UNCCD library on environmental education and a focus on land education , desertification and land degradation, SDG15 and:

United Nations Conference on the Environment, 5-16 June 1972, Stockholm, the First world conference on the environment sees environmental education as a critical means to address the world's environmental crisis

📚World's first intergovernmental conference on environmental education Tbilisi, Georgia October 14-26, 1977
📚Knowledge on environment and environmental education
📚Emphasis on education’s role for the 17 SDGs
📚Learning objectives for SDG15 “Life on Land”
Develop an enquiry-based project:
• Why is biodiversity important?;
• Why land restoration is important?
• What are the dangers of land degradation to vulnerable human beings?
• What can be done to prevent the degradation of land?
• Which SDG’s did the students relate most to life on land?

📚Suggested topics for SDG15 “Life on Land”
📚Examples of learning approaches and methods for SDG15 “Life on Land”
📚Further reading on environmental education and relevant resources for use
📚DESERTIFICATION, LAND DEGRADATION, DROUGHT, CLIMATE CHANGE
📚LAND, SOIL, BIODIVERSITY, FORESTS, FOOD, WATER
📚SDGs, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

It is no secret: The way we live is not sustainable. Our planet is facing multiple interconnected crises caused by human behaviour. We are depleting the planet’s resources. Climate change is affecting us and all species, damaging ecosystems and leading to unprecedented environmental degradation. 2020 was the hottest year on record. One million species are at risk of extinction. The long, alarming list goes on. If we continue to live the way we do today, we will need the resources of three earths by 2050.

Learning is key to finding solutions and creating a more sustainable world. Transformative education is the long-term solution to help change the way we live and care for our planet. Yet, not all learners today are receiving the adequate tools and knowledge to be empowered to act for the planet. 45% of national education documents studied by UNESCO made little-to-no reference to environmental themes including sustainability, climate change and biodiversity; Less than half of those documents mentioned climate change.; and only 19% made reference to biodiversity. This must change. What is ‘Learn for our planet’?

That is why at the World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development, UNESCO is launching a campaign – learn for our planet - calling on the world to invest in education for sustainable development and ensure that it is embedded in learning systems globally. For the survival of our planet, we need to #LearnForOurPlanet.