Government policies and programs for Education for Sustainability are designed to bring about direct changes in behaviour and to develop the community’s capacity to make well informed decisions about ecologically sustainable development.
The Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW is the key state agency with responsibility for implementing policies and programs to inform and respond to the community’s needs for Education for Sustainability. Local government organisations are in a powerful position to engage with and educate the community at the local level.
In this section you will find case studies for a range of state and local government roles involved in working towards sustainability.
State and local government case studies