In 2008, the Frankfurt city council approved the city's participation in the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development and launched the project "Fit for the Future - Learning to Sustain in Frankfurt". The aim of the project was to create a broad network that bundles the activities of educational institutions, networks, initiatives, churches, associations and companies. Educational offers should be further developed in the sense of sustainability, impulses for new projects should be given and public perception strengthened. Environmental learning in Frankfurt e. V. has set up and coordinates this network on behalf of the city.

City-wide action weeks were held on the changing annual themes of the UN Decade - "Water," "Energy," "Money," "City," "Food," "Mobility" and "Bridges to the Future.

The annual "21 Days of the Future" series of events included learning workshops such as "What's a T-shirt worth?".

At the "Blue Table" in 2014, 20 schools presented their products and projects on the topic of nutrition under the motto "From the school garden to the Römerberg".

Frankfurt has received several awards from the German UNESCO Commission as a City of the World Decade of Education for Sustainable Development for its development of innovative structures and its diverse program. Frankfurt received the award for the years 2008/2009, 2010/2011 and 2013/2014.