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Introduction. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is the first global project in the education field, which imposes great responsibility on those who implement it. In its regulations, the ESD project relies on the intangible cultural heritage and, in particular, on the pedagogical heritage, which is increasingly being introduced into educational practices. However, the ESD policy documents say almost nothing about the threats that global education will face in the near future, as well as what actions should be taken to avoid them. Methodology. Philosophical and educational theoretical and logical methodology, critical and comparative analyses are applied. Discussion. An analytical series of statements by recognized futurologists and scientists whose works dealt with issues of future education is presented; the thesis on the functional and semantic connection between the pedagogical heritage (as a whole) and the creative heritage of futurologists is discussed, where the heritage is demonstrated as part of the pedagogical heritage, justifying the importance of these connections for the implementation of the project of education sustainable development. The legacy of the philosophy of education and pedagogy is recognized as the fundamental basis for the implementation of current and future initiatives within the framework of the ESD project, and the ideas of futurologists are identified as significant factors that must be taken into account in the strategies of global educational projects. In this regard, the interdependence and contradictions between the heritage factor used in the present and the unknown are shown: “Can there be any places left for heritage in the future?”. Conclusion. The article result is a call for a more attentive attitude to the creative heritage of futurologists (fears, ideas, concepts) in order to guarantee the implementation of the ESD project based on philosophical and educational forecasting.