Sustainable development is defined as ―Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development, as a concept, emerged in 1970s along with the development of industrialization. Especially in 1987, with the report entitled ―Our Common Future published by World Commission on Environment and Development, sustainable development concept which has the principle of development without disregarding environment has received a great deal of attention throughout the world. The concept of sustainable development is an important milestone in environmental theory because it posits how society itself should be organized, and not simply why certain environmental protections should be adopted or how they can be best implemented. This ambitious interpretation is widely shared by business leaders, policy activists, and academics alike. Of course, just how much social and economic change is necessary to achieve sustainability depends upon how ―unsustainable‖ one believes the present to be. Many advocates of the idea clearly believe the present to be quite unsustainable and thus are prepared for radical change. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)are interchangeable terms describing the practice of teaching for sustainability. Sustainable development based on education is the back bone of a nation. Moreover, sustainable development policies highlight the role of education which has become the need of the day to create the awareness among the students, researchers and teachers as well as in local communities for environment protection. Environmental education has been defined and redefined over the last twenty five years. Definitional issues are inherent in a field this broad and encompassing. It is generally agreed that environmental education is a process that creates awareness and understanding of the relationship between humans and their many environments - natural, 17 man-made, cultural and technology. Environmental education is concerned with knowledge, values, attitudes, application and has as its aim responsible environmental behaviour (NEEAC, 1996).