Education as a solution for a sustainable society

The article presents ideas to demonstrate that Education is the instrument for building a sustainable society. Education is the training instrument that thinks about “man as a whole, in his relationships with others, with himself and with the world”. The construction of a Sustainable Society without compromising the continuity of the planet and the quality of life of the next generations depends on the values that involve this same society. The amount of financial resources, economic growth and the ability to consume alone do not provide a significant improvement in the quality of collective life. Sustainability, in the most varied dimensions, will not be achieved as long as society is based on “having” and not “being”. Education must establish an understanding of the importance of people being in the world and being part of it. The article is divided into three moments, namely: the first deals with sustainability, regarding its origin, concept and dimensions, the next discusses the relationship between sustainability and consumption and the third, the relationship between sustainability and Education. For the elaboration of the text, the inductive method was used with bibliographic and documental research.