Movements such as the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg (2002) together with the United Nations declaration of The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), 2005-2014 should see the increasing need for reorientation of the role of education within the sustainability agenda. Malaysia, unlike other nations, does not have an explicit sustainability education program or even environmental education in place for its school-goers although programs dedicated towards raising awareness and experiences with nature have been carried out within school co-curricular activities and also by non-governmental agencies. An obvious orientation towards an environmental paradigm would indicate a positive inclination to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle and this could be a good starting point for educators to develop a curriculum dedicated to this cause. An understanding of the nature of environmental problems thereby is fundamental for any approach to addressing their solutions and this necessitates the documentation of Malaysian students' present level of environmental consciousness and understanding of related concepts. Thus, this paper discusses the findings of a survey on university students' level of environmental attitudes, behaviours and knowledge and its implications for education in the light of sustainable development. (Contains 9 tables.)