Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The authors of this volume discuss scenarios for a sustainable future as relevant for the diverse parts of the world, aligning them with the Sustainability developement goals and Sustainability agenda 2030.The authors present such geographical areas as Austria, South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, Turkey, the Philippines, Lesotho, Turkey, Germany and Brazil.This volume offers a transdisciplinary and thought-provoking view from the authors from diverse fields of science in discussing sustainability issues.The authors from the Philippines discuss how Sustainable Development Goals can be fostered in Local Government Units through diverse discourses in communication.The imperative of sustainability is often confined to narrow environmental aspects of sustainability.The authors of this volume expand the sustainability vision by discussing not only environmental integrity issues but also social equity and economic aspects of sustainability.They discuss sustainability as a dynamic concept that presents challenges and opportunities that need to be tackled by inviting stakeholders in the co-production of various sustainability scenarios.Some authors discuss the AI (Artificial Intelligence) in shaping future scenarios in addressing major social problems, including sustainability, and how AI aligns with Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4).The core mission of universities is the advancement of sustainability via academic work, research, and outreach by scenario development and providing some conceptual and practical strategies for the stakeholders to bring these scenarios into reality.By building a future vision, indigenous knowledge needs to be considered as a valuable input for discussing micro and macro aspects of sustainability.The authors from Nigeria discuss how indigenous knowledge can serve as a transformative tool for national development.Particular attention has been paid to the inclusion dimension in education by scholars from Kenya and South Africa who discuss vulnerability discourse and empowerment of women.Complexity of inequalities places the imperative for the educational systems to initiate transformations.Education for Sustainable Development challenges educators to foster learners' capabilities to engage with reimagining futures.The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development should become a framework for learners' participation and engagement in shaping sustainable futures by upholding ethical responsibility and acting with the rigor of mind.Transformative educational change will be possible only by distributed agency in managing complex systems and by fostering the transformative leadership potential of every participant involved.The paper "Reimagining Entrepreneurship Education for Sustainable Futures: A South African Schooling Perspective" by Matthias Forcher-Mayr reflects on the role of entrepreneurship education (EE) in shaping sustainable futures.Drawing on South African school settings, he critiques prevailing economic assumptions in EE and proposes an alternative grounded in the capability approach, critical pedagogy, and a decolonial perspective.Learners are encouraged to explore "spaces of unfreedom" in their communities as a basis for developing socially engaged entrepreneurial initiatives.This model shifts the focus from job creation to the development of broader human capabilities and well-being.By linking EE to social, ecological, and epistemic justice, the paper contributes to ongoing discussions on education for sustainable development and offers a
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: diamond
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