摘要：Critical dimensions of sustainability in education are presented. Critical conditionsdetermining the success of sustainability initiatives are then discussed.Agenda 21, adopted by the 1992 Earth Summit, emphasizes that human population,consumption, and technology are the primary driving forces of environmental change.Agenda 21 also states that education is critical for promoting sustainable development andimproving the capacity of all people to address environment and development issues.Recognizing the shortage of specialists in environmental management and related fields, aswell as the lack of comprehension by professionals in all fields of their effect on theenvironment and public health, the role of the university has been defined in the followingway: .Universities educate most of the people who develop and manage society's institutions.For this reason, universities bear profound responsibilities to increase the awareness,knowledge, technologies, and tools to create an en vironmentally sustainable future".This paper refers to the evolution of concerns for education for sustainable developmenteducation (EDS) in higher education. We believe that the first concerns of many universitiesare based on the Talloires Declaration which contains the commitment of Leader UniversityAssociation for a sustainable future (ULSF)
关键词：sustainability; universities; Agenda 21; e;ducation for sustainable development
