Part 1 Introduction -- 1 Arts Education and Sustainable Development: Examples from around the globe and what we can learn from them -- Part 2 Reflection of local and national practices -- 2 Arts Education Research, Projects and Pedagogy of three University Programs in Finland -- 3 Artistic and cultural education for sustainable development: a case study from a rural live museum in Spain -- 4 Arts education in the changing paradigm of education – the Estonian case -- 5 Fun Science: Educational theatre for sustainable development in the context of Bulgaria -- Part 3 Theory -- 6 It’s about Time: Re-imagining Present and Future Times in Art, Education and Sustainable Development -- 7 Stories from the Sea: working with the SDGs in a community-based art workshop -- 8 Arts Education and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Germany–Convergences, Divergences, Opportunities and Challenges -- 9 A microtopia of arts education: International sustainable development policy brought alive in an educational project involving institutions in South Africa and Denmark -- 10 Educational Experiences Related to Architecture and Environmental Art -- 11 Enhancing Arts Education with Education for Sustainable Development competences: A proposed framework for Visual Arts Education educators -- Part 4 Research projects -- 12 Inclusion, Life, and Innovation - The Relative Uses of Arts Education in Relation to the Sustainable Development Goals -- 13 Arts Education and Sustainability: promoting citizenship and collaborative work -- 14 Conditions and limitations of the role of online access to cultural heritage in achieving the sustainable development goals - evidence from Poland -- Part 5 Policy -- 15 Vernacular Epistemology and Participatory Practices as Alternatives to the Institutionalisation of Homo Educandus -- 16 Art and Design Education for Sustainability in the North and the Arctic -- 17 Cultural heritage in formal and non-formal education in Latvia - what contributions to sustainability? -- Part 6 Conclusion -- 18 Conclusion.

This book explores the potential of arts and cultural education to contribute to on-going efforts to promote Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in line with UNESCO’s conceptualizations of the field. It builds on the experiences of arts educators working to build sustainable futures and portrays new and innovative approaches. Chapters comprise case studies that combine arts, culture, sustainable thinking and practices. They also include research from historical perspectives, evaluations of public policy measures and offer theoretical approaches and methodologies. The book unfolds the possible relationships between arts and cultural education and Education for Sustainable Development.