The project will be a driving force to realize a resilient and sustainable society in Viet Nam through education.
"We believe that good education is crucial to building a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society, " Mr Premji said in a statement.
"Twenty years after Rio, we haven't come close to achieving the sustainable society we knew we needed then, " she told TEDx delegates.
To enhance commitment to being a Sustainable Society that promotes a culture of sustainability through a dedication to community, diversity, citizen engagement, and the conservation and sustainable development of cultural and natural resources.
The printed pieces refer to the integration between blue and green with very objective and clear sentences: "I want to preserve our oceans", "I want a sustainable society" and "I want quality education".
The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development began on January 1, 2005 and aims to promote education as a basis for a more sustainable society and to integrate sustainable development into education at all levels and all areas of life including communities, the workplace and society in general.
Unlike Europe, we have better prospects for growth, since there's really no sustainable alternative for our society.
The trends with the biggest influence are reworking our financial systems, the need to become sustainable, and the networked society.
Alice Braga, one of the most famous actresses of her generation, highlights the importance of a harmonious society and a sustainable lifestyle.
The key to creating a society with a sustainable ecological footprint is to be found not in individual action but in these sorts of redesigned systems.
All these things do not go unnoticed, and people understand the need for an economic transition to put society on a more sustainable footing more than they ever have, in spite of efforts from some quarters to convince them otherwise.
The Director-General expressed deep thanks to Their Majesties for their long-standing engagement to promote the healthy and sustainable development of all members of Thai society, underling the work of UNESCO with the Government of Thailand to take forward these goals.
In the Citation she presented on behalf of UNESCO in the Amarindra Vinichaya Throne Hall before Her Royal Highness Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Irina Bokova laid emphasis on the lifelong commitment by the Queen Grandmother to improve the well-being of all members of Thai society and to advance the sustainable development of the country through education for all, and access to health care.
The Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development provided a platform to strengthen dialogue between researchers, governments, policy-makers and civil society to produce the knowledge and technology needed to build sustainable, green societies.
Now society depends on states functioning as sustainable entities, not wards of the nation.
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Definitions of sustainable development differ from country to country and society to society.
Eckhard Cordes, Cchaiman and chief executive of the German retailer METRO, set the early morning tone at the leadership and trust panel, urging business leaders to help set the moral agenda, echoing an emerging theme across sessions, that sustainable behavior is good for both companies and society.
Last week, on the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, I found myself in an interesting discussion with business leaders in one of our Executive Education programs at Thunderbird School of Global Management, focused on the roles of business and government in creating not only a livable and sustainable environment, but a stable and predictable society.
The country needs sustainable investments in those areas that form the backbone of any society: youth, education, culture.
In Education, the UKNC for UNESCO Scotland Committee focuses its expertise and the strength of its civil society network on helping policy development in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Human Rights Education (HRE) within the framework of the World Programme for Human Rights Education.
The aim is to establish a platform for scientists and information technology experts and improve cooperation between researchers, governments, policy-makers and civil society to produce the knowledge and technology needed to build sustainable, green societies.
The ANII is an important partner in scientific and technological cooperation for sustainable human development in Uruguay, focused on moving towards a learning society and to an economy based on knowledge and motorized by innovation.
Above all, the Commonwealth defines its purpose largely in civil-society terms: the promotion of democracy, human rights and sustainable economic and social development.
In a society which is bitterly divided between Protestant and Catholic that cannot be sustainable.
Furthermore, wide and viable energy policy measures in which the whole Japanese society would participate, in a responsible and devoted manner, over sustainable consumption, are essential for the future of Japan.
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Student engagement, social innovation, fostering democracy, youth employment, conflict and sustainable development are among the issues that will be discussed by youth delegates, civil society participants, UN entities, intergovernmental organizations, academics and the private sector.
They also aim at building up a critical mass of experience and knowledge, both in government institutions and in civil society, so that the beneficiary countries will be equipped with an appropriate sustainable framework for safeguarding intangible heritage and implementing the Convention on a long term basis.
And though the aim is to help communities develop environmentally sustainable economies, there are plenty of cases where conservation interests, such as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (now a big landowner), have clashed with locals who have different ideas about sustainable development.
The event has been organised by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Bristol Port and Regen SW, an independent sustainable energy organisation.
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