Where and how can sustainable action be learned in training?

What competencies are necessary in order to be able to act sustainably in commercial occupations? What does a learning venue need to be like if sustainability is to be tangible? Twelve pilot projects will be tackling this issue within the scope of the main funding focus of “Vocational education and training for sustainable development 2015-2019”, which BIBB is executing on behalf of the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) [Federal Ministry of Education and Research]. This article presents the background to and aims of the main funding focus and provides an initial overview of the projects that are being supported.