The roles and approaches of education to sustainable development

: Sustainable development has become one of the prioritiesin this decade particular to those developing nations. This paper aims to achieve sustainable development (SD) through education, and propose 3-steps approach to investigate the interplay of environment, society, economy and SD in enabling international education. The study first identified impact factors and measurable metrics; in addition, itinvestigatesthe impacts of education for SD in several tactical areas such as; human capital, environment, library science and culture, to shed light on the SD roadmap.The study applies case study of international education program, as an example, to illustrate the feasibility of SD, and proposes global strategies and approaches.The principles of the global strategy are finally examined in the context of elemental characteristicsdetails necessary for internationaleducation for SD.