Sustainable development is defined as development that satisfies current demands without jeopardizing future generations’ ability to satisfy their own needs. Economic, environmental, and social elements are linked to a long-term, eternal sustainability process. Education for sustainability, which focuses on environmental sustainability through educational practices, and education of sustainability, which focuses on implementing sustainable forms of successful practice through academic development, leadership, and innovation, have developed in two directions. Another way to look at sustainability is the e-learning practice that meets contemporary educational demands and allows for continual adaptation to change without exhausting its resource base or losing efficacy. 

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In supporting the sustainable and effective education and training system adaptation, the European Union (EU) has renewed the initiative policy, The Digital Education Action Plan (2021–2027). The plan offers a long-term strategic vision for digital education. It addresses the hurdles and opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic, promoting the importance of working together to bring education to the digital age. Hence, this project proposes a competition that fosters invention, innovation, and design for sustainable education.  In the endeavour of repositioning FPK in Higher Education, this competition contributes to strengthening, empowering, and enhancing quality teaching for educators and students. It is hoped that after undergoing the one-day competition, educators and students will learn more about sustainable education and will be equipped with skills to move toward better teaching and learning. 

 

“Education for sustainability develops the knowledge, skills, values, and world-views necessary for people to act in ways that contribute to more sustainable living patterns. It enables individuals and communities to reflect on ways of interpreting and engaging with the world.  Sustainability education is futures-oriented, focusing on protecting environments and creating a more ecologically and socially just world through informed action. Actions that support more sustainable living patterns require consideration of environmental, social, cultural and economic systems and their interdependence."

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Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), Australian Curriculum (2015).