This book focuses on the academic foundations, trends and traditions of environmental education for sustainable development in Chinese contexts. It highlights case studies that illuminate recent sustainability initiatives in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Cross-cultural discussions that embrace Western and Eastern perspectives and practices The location of Chinese experience with young learners in the global discourses of sustainability Expert authorship drawn from a number of Chinese communities

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Environmental Education for Sustainability in Primary Schools in Chinese Communities.- Dimensions of Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development.- Assessment and Evaluation.- Education for Sustainable Development: Towards Whole School and Community Approaches.- Leading Curriculum Change for Education for Sustainable Development in Schools.- Education for Sustainable Development Projects and Curriculum Reform in China: The EEI and the EPD.- Green Schools in China.- The Education for Sustainable Development Project in Hong Kong.- Case Studies from the Education for Sustainable Development Project in Hong Kong.- Green Primary Schools in Hong Kong.- The Greenschool Project in Taiwan.- Progress Towards Education for Sustainable Development in Macao.- Lessons Learned and Future Directions.