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=GREEN EDUCATION POLICY Schools need to be a lived reality of sustainability if there is going to be a seismic shift in future generations being active participants in change  =

Three Propositions

 * 1. Future Generations**

“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” media type="custom" key="4630904" align="right" = =
 * World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission), 1987**

**2. The Challenges** “Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract — sustainable development — and turn it … into a daily reality for all the world’s people.” = =
 * Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, 2001**
 * 3. Making the Links **

“Development must be sustainable not only ecologically, but socially and economically, too … Governments, corporations, and individuals need to understand the links between these different kinds of sustainability.” = = = =
 * Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, 2004**