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In this paper, the author reviews UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014) lead by UNESCO, discusses the nature of SDGs (2006-2030) adopted by UN in 2015, and stresses the importance of : whole institution approaches; curriculum management; and the consideration of key competencies in sustainability & Social Emotional Intelligence (SEI), in formal education context. Further, the author introduces the “WW-style Problem-solving Model” (Sato, 2020), which was developed based on the W-style problem-solving model (Kawakita, 1967) that originally developed in Japan as an anthropological exploration model. It is designed with the consideration of: (1) repetition between thinking level and experience level; (2) linkages between inductive and deductive inquiry processes; (3) strengthen the system thinking and collaborative approaches for the development of integrated problem solving. Lastly, the author puts the emphasis of: not only subject basis of home economics, but cross curricular approaches and transformative ways at institutional level in responding to the nature of SDGs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]