Transitioning towards ESD: A steady progression or a paradigm shift?

This commentary discusses education for sustainable development (ESD) in relation
to the state of the planet and a number of immediate challenges that are confronting its successful
implementation during the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development slated to come to an end
in 2014. They are the current economic crisis and its effect on sustainability (hence ESD); the link of
the crisis to the present education system(s); and the tools needed to measure the progress of ESD
implementation.