1987年聯合國提出永續發展的曲念，並鼓吹各國提出各種可行方案，用以落實永續發展的推動。其後，國際間也陸續簽訂各種有利於地球環境與永續發展的各種公約，但如京都議定書在去年二月生效，可以說是最具有指標性的有利於永續發展的一份文件。但是，這些公約或各國的環境政策，大都導源於技術性或枝節性的改善，很少從人類內心價值的建構切入。 宗教在影響國民價值觀的形成過程中，扮演非常重要的角色。在我國，佛教也是許多民眾接觸最為方便與頻繁的宗教，對於民的內心價值具有強烈影響力。對於宗教或佛教對民眾價值的研究卻非常少，因此，本文嘗試探討佛教的環境價值觀的主要內涵，與近代西方思潮及我國傳統儒家、道家思想的異同，以作為國內環境教育的目標取向，提供一參考方向。

The concept of sustainable development was developed and promoted by the United Nations in 1987 as well as a great number of programs which pursued environmental sustainability and focused on the feasibility study followed. Many countries, later, presented a variety of measures through policy reforms for the promotion of sustainability. The common agreements have been concluded among international communities in association with the promotion of environmental sustainability in recent years. For example, the Kyoto Protocol became valid after February, 2005, which was seen as a milestone for people towards environmental sustainability. However, these agreements or environmental polices operated in the international communities are originated from the technical improvements and neglects the mental reforms or human value construction. Religion plays a key role in affecting the formation of social value or environmental attitudes. Buddhism, especially in Taiwan, keeps a closed relationship and interacts with people, and consequently affects the people core values. Unfortunately, very few studies focus on this field involving with the interactions between religion and environmental values. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to underlie the implications of environmental values advocated by Buddhism and compare with Confucianism, Taoism, and western thoughts. The results an serve as guiding principles for environmental educations.