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The LBTTC is leading the way for teachers and educators to enhance sustainable development in education in the country. The college implements a variety of activities to promote sustainability as part of the SDGs, including field trips, workshops on recycling and waste sorting, and teacher training workshops on global citizenship.  These activities provide teachers with the knowledge, awareness and capacities to incorporate environmental learning in the classrooms and beyond. 

One example is their Environmental Education Study Tour Project, which takes teachers and students to the . The project boosts environmental awareness and responsibility for teachers and students. By getting involved in conservation of the Ecolodge, they benefit from positive behavioral transformations and activities like tree planting and environmental management. Teachers also discover new teaching methods, such as recycling materials for their lessons, while students gain experience-based learning, empowering them to be change-makers.

Thonglor Khounsavath, the duputy director of Luangprabang Teacher Training College, said: “Sustainable development is very important to us educators and students at the College. The education study tour project aims to put some ideas on sustainable development in the curriculum, teaching – learning and to manage the learning environment in class. From the project, we had learned about disposing of waste in a beneficial way, preserving the environment, how to plant without using chemicals, making compost from plant remains and creating inspiration and raising awareness in preserving the environment among students.” 

The college prioritizes sustainability in education by integrating capacity development into the curriculum. The first-ever  (ICT-CST) was launched in Lao PDR in 2022, a standard that determines the required ICT competencies for teachers in alignment with the national vision on ESD.

“In the future we would like to create a standard to evaluate environmental education study at Luangprabang Teacher Training College,” says Phonepasuerth Bounnaphonh, ICT educator at the college. 

LBTTC’s support for teachers and educators as responsible leaders in schools, and key actors in facilitating learners’ transition to sustainable ways of life, shows how Lao PDR is implementing ESD and the objectives laid out in UNESCO's ESD for 2030 Roadmap. These ongoing projects not only generate positive outcomes but also provide valuable insights for ongoing improvements and future framework in the variety of sustainable education.

As part of UNESCO’s efforts to strengthen ESD, the  encourages Member States to implement country initiatives. These aim to mainstream ESD in the Member States while building on existing activities on ESD in five priority action areas 1) Advancing policy; 2) Transforming learning environments; 3) building capacities of educators; 4) Empowering and mobilizing youth; 5) Accelerating local level actions.

• UNESCO work in education for sustainable development