Project LARD (Looking for Alternative Responsible Decisions) as a way to present selected elements of sustainable development
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https://doi.org/10.15584/pjsd.2026.30.1.7Keywords:
sustainable development, active education, LARD project, responsible decision-making, ecosystem services, biodiversity lossAbstract
People need knowledge of how to integrate the concept of sustainable development into their daily lives. It is important for them to make informed decisions and responsibly choose solutions to the problems around them in order to reduce human impact and, consequently, generate environmental, social, and economic benefits.
The aim of this article was to present the use of the original LARD project to develop awareness of the interconnections among the natural, social, and economic dimensions of sustainable development among Erasmus students in Poland. Using the LARD project concept, a Spanish student identified and discussed one of the key challenges: people's understanding of the value of mature trees' ecosystem services in the context of the links among natural, social, and economic outcomes.
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