This document outlines several key concepts and principles related to sustainable development (SD), including the five capitals model of SD, the Earth Charter, Agenda 21, and the ten-point principles for good practice. It also discusses how SD is addressed in Philippine legislation through various laws addressing the environment, natural resources, and climate change. Finally, it presents the basic principles and concepts of education for sustainable development, which emphasizes that education plays a major role in creating a just, democratic and sustainable society.

2. Guiding Principles/
SD Concepts
 Sustainable Development (SD)
 The Five Capitals Model of SD
 The Earth Charter
 The Agenda 21 (A21)
 The 10-Point Principle for Good Practice
 The Principles of Environmental Education
 Nine Principles for a Sustainable Society
 The Basic Principles & Concepts of Education
 for Sustainable Development (EfSD)

3. Sustainable Development in the Philippines: Supporting
Republic Acts, Presidential Decrees, Executive
Orders
 PD 1151 (The Philippine Environmental Policy)
 PD 1067 (The Water Code of the Philippines)
 PD 1586 or the Environmental Impact Statement System
 Executive Order No. 52, s. 1998
 RA 6969 or the Toxic Substances and Hazardous and
Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990
 RA 7160 (The Local Government Code)

4. SD in the Philippine
Legislature
 RA 7586 (National Integrated Protected Areas System)
 RA 8044 (The Youth National Building Act)
 RA 8423 (TAMA-Traditional & Alternative Medicine Act)
 RA 8425 (The Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation
Act).
 RA 8550 (The Fisheries Code of the Philippines).
 RA 8749 (The Philippine Clean Air Act)
 RA 9072 (National Caves and Cave Resources
Management and Protection Act)

5. SD in Philippine Legislature
 RA 9147 (Wildlife Resources Conservation & Protection
Act).
 RA 9512 (Environmental Awareness & Education Act)
 RA 9729 (Philippine Climate Change Act).

6. Sustainable Development
(SD)
 Sustainable Development clearly
forms the statements of our Our
Common Future or the Brundtland
Report. It has two important
aspects: meets the needs of the
present and securing the needs of
the future. It does not imply limits
and development, but rather
responsible and conscientious
development.

7.  Essentially, Sustainable Development means finding ways
to improve people’s quality of life without damaging the
environment, and without storing up problems for the
future, or transferring them to other parts of society or
other countries. It is an innovation agenda, inviting us
rethink how we organise our lives and work so that we don’t
destroy our most precious resources.

8. The Five Capitals Model for Sustainable
Development
 The Five Capitals Model was
developed by the organisation of
Forum for Common Future. It
provides a basis for understanding
sustainability in terms of the
economic concept of wealth
creation or ‘capital’.

9. The Earth Charter
 “We urgently need a shared vision of basic values to provide
an ethical foundation for the emerging world community.
Therefore, together in hope we affirm the following
interdependent principles for a sustainable way of life as a
common standard by which the conduct of all individuals,
organizations, businesses, governments, and trans-national
institutions is to be guided and assessed.”

10. The Agenda 21
 1 - Social and Economic
Dimensions
 2 - Conservation &
Management of Resources
 3 - Strengthening the Role
of Major Groups
 4 - Means of Implementation

11. Ten-Point Principle for
Good Practice
 Principle 1: Principles of Sustainable Development
 Principle 2: Integrity
 Principle 3: Balance
 Principle 4: Values and attitudes
 Principle 5: Knowledge and skills

12.  Principle 6: User-centred approach
 Principle 7: Need
 Principle 8: Development
 Principle 9: Production
 Principle 10: Promotion and distribution

13. Principles of
Environmental Education
 Environmental Education must involve everyone.
 Environmental Education must be lifelong.
 Environmental Education must be holistic and about
connections
 Environmental Education must be practical
 Environmental Education must be in harmony with
social and economic goals and accorded equal priority.

14. Nine Principles for a
Sustainable Society
 Respect and care for the community of life.
 Improve the quality of life.
 Conserve the Earth’s vitality and diversity.
 Minimise the depletion of non-renewable resources.
 Keep within the Earth’s carrying capacity.
 Change personal attitudes and practices.
 Enable communities to care for their own environments.
 Provide a national framework for integrating development and conservation.
 Create a global alliance.

15. Basic Principles and Concepts of Education
for
Sustainable Development (EfSD)
 education is a key to sustainability
 education is really seen to play a major role in creating
a just and democratic society
 reorienting our present education system
 EfSD encompasses a vision that integrates environment
economy and society
 , EfSD focuses largely on the major social, economic
and environmental issues that threaten the
sustainability of the planet.

26. Sources:
 THE SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION & ENVIRONMENT
PROGRAM (SEEP) OF MARINDUQUE STATE
COLLEGE:Its Operating Manual & Guiding Principles &
Concepts
 Prof. ir. Panchito M. Labay, Ford Fellow
 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF ISLANDS’ LIFE AND
ENVIRONMENT SMILE MARINDUQUE BOOK PROJECT
 Dr. Francisco Fellizar Jr, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacfic
University