Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship: Intercultural, Ethical, and Justice-Based Approaches (Bloomsbury, 2025) has received two major honours and is now freely available as an open access book.
Nautilus Book Awards 2026: Grand Prize and Gold Award
The book won the Nautilus 2026 Grand Prize and the Gold Award in Social Sciences & Education. The Nautilus Book Awards recognise books that contribute to positive social change, social justice and a more sustainable world. The winners are listed on the Nautilus Book Awards website: Grand Prize and Social Sciences & Education Gold.
Now Open Access
Since 20 August 2026, the full book has been available to read and download free of charge on Bloomsbury Collections. This makes it accessible to educators, students, researchers and policymakers worldwide.
Among Bloomsbury’s Most Popular Books
The book is also among Bloomsbury’s most popular and most accessed open access titles.
About the Book
The book asks how teaching for sustainability and global citizenship can advance social-ecological justice through alternative paradigms. It examines how the environmental crisis affects formal, non-formal and informal education from a human rights perspective.
The book introduces value-creating global citizenship education, a pedagogical approach that builds on and extends the UN Sustainable Development Goals. A central aim is fostering resilience and hope through engaged relationships between learners and their environments.
It draws examples from several sources:
- Indigenous knowledge
- Diverse ecological worldviews
- The Earth Charter
- The Soka Amazon Institute
- The United Nations Harmony with Nature Knowledge Network
The book offers practical guidance for educators and policymakers, including teaching and curriculum guidelines for integrating intercultural perspectives and developing a global outlook.
Citation:
Sharma, N. (2025). Education for sustainability and global citizenship: Intercultural, ethical, and justice-based approaches. London: Bloomsbury.
