Communication and learning for sustainability

This chapter will examine various aspects of communication and learning for sustainability. The role of marketing, public communication campaigns, the Internet, cyberspace, film and television will be explored using a range of examples. In many ways, the mediascape can be seen as being an environment through which we make sense of the world and of ourselves. The chapter will close with a brief discussion of the main features of ‘education for sustainable development’, referencing both the formal learning taking place within institutions like schools, colleges, universities, etc., and the informal learning occurring outside the classroom in the community and in everyday life.