The role of teacher is the major one! I suggest some good resources-UNESCO publications on Education for Sustainable Development!

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/education-for-sustainable-development/publications/

First of all the teacher can make their campus as a mode for sustainable development. Once the students are ready to practice it during study period, it can be expected from them that they will practice it in their professional life. Thus we can make our students innovative, and creative. thank you

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tareq_Zayed2?ev=hdr_xprf

Dear Mr. Isaac Akinwumi,

The theme of sustainable development is increasingly important at all levels of learning. Hence, teachers should have vision and awareness of their roles in educating students towards achieving sustainability.

Adding to Mr. Afaq contribution, ESD is relatively a new pedagogy, current teachers have not been exposed to such education during their pre-service time, therefore the teachers must be trained before delivering ESD topics to their students. Teachers can integrate concepts of sustainable development within their courses materials irrespective of the nature of the subjects they teach, ESD is a multidiscipline topic that can fit science, humanities, social studies, art and languages.

the answer first might beg a operationalizing question: The sustainable development of what? In other words, are you asking the role of a teacher in the sustainable development of natural resources or community infrastructures(both social and political-)--or do you mean sustainable in relationship to the ability to maintain that which as been developed--ie the political system, the societal institutions, the culture the status-quo?

@ Robert: ESD tagrets three dimensions of SD : Environmental, Social, and Economical.

Life long learning should be sustained by all parts: teacher, employer, university, but by a person for himself most of all.

as for teacher's role, I suppose it may be in:

- involving a person, motivating him/her;

- giving a vision and perspective for self development;

- be not only teacher but a coach as well.

The role of teacher is the major one! I suggest some good resources-UNESCO publications on Education for Sustainable Development!

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/education-for-sustainable-development/publications/

Nuestro grupo desarrollo un curriculum formativo conjunto para los futuros profesores de ciencias y matemáticas de la educación secundaria

algunas cuestiones es este articulo y otro que esta por salir

http://reuredc.uca.es/index.php/tavira/article/viewFile/478/pdf_166