This book focuses on the academic foundations, trends and traditions of environmental education for sustainable development principally in Chinese contexts. It highlights contexts and case studies that illuminate recent Chinese initiatives. It includes case studies of green schools and reports on recent initiatives in school-based ESD curriculum development programmes in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The book concludes with an overview chapter that points to likely future developments.
The assumption underpinning the book is that experiences gained in such a major country as China will be of real interest to geographical and environmental educationists, professional educators and teachers elsewhere. Not only will it generate interest and create greater awareness but also it is hoped that these experiences will provide a platform for scholarly exchange and contribute insights on education policy and curriculum changes across Asian-Pacific communities in an increasingly globalised world.

Contributing Authors.- Preface and Acknowledgement.- Chapter 1: Environmental Education for Sustainability in Primary Schools in Chinese communities: John Chi-Kin Lee and Michael Williams.- Chapter 2: Dimensions of Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development: John Chi-Kin Lee and Michael Williams.- Chapter 3: Assessment and Evaluation: Kwok-Chan Lai and John Chi-Kin Lee.- Chapter 4: Education for Sustainable Development: Toewards Whol eSchool and Community Approaches: Margaret Robertson and John Chi-Kin Lee.- Chapter 5: Leading Curriculum Change for Education for Sustainable Development in Schools: Gwyn Edwards and John Chi-Kin Lee.- Chapter 6: Education for Sustainable Development Projects and Curriculum Reform in China: the EEI and the EDP: John Chi-Kin Lee and Yu Huang.- Chapter 7: Green Schools in China: Hongying Zeng, Guang Yand and John Chi-Kin Lee.- Chapter 8: The Education for Sustainable Development Project in Hing Kong: John Chi-Kin Lee, Wing-Po Lam and Michael Williams.- Chapter 9: Case Studies from the Education for Sustainable Development Project in Hong Kong: John-Chi-Kin Lee, Michael Williams and Wing-Po Lam.- Chapter 10: Green Primary Schools in Hong Kong: John Chi-Kin Lee.- Chapter 11: The Greenschool Project in Taiwan: Shun-Mei Wang.- Chapter 12: Progress towards Education for Sustainable Development in Macao: John Chi-Kin Lee, Angel Yuet-Ying Au and William Hing-Tong Ma.- Chapter 13: Lessons Learned and Future Directions: John Chi-Kin Lee.- Index.