The spiritual essence in the sustainable development conception

The ethical aspects of sustainable development, emphasis on ecological awareness, ecological culture and importance of spirituality are discussed in the article. The prospects of sustainable development are considered in the ethical context, based on the accumulated theoretical and practical material, assessing the principles of sustainable development implementation; environmental consciousness, eco-cultural and ethical behavior systems. There is an emphasise on spirituality as each culture’s values and the existence of distinctive value orientation influences the cultural worldview and perception of life. Dynamically changing modern era leads to rapid cultural alteration and a broad range of influence of one culture to anotherVytauto Didžiojo universitetasŽemės ūkio akademij