Social learning is the focus of applied and increasingly interdisciplinary scholarship in environmental education, climate change adaptation, natural resource governance and ecosystem management. Despite interest in the concept, important questions remain about the use and application of social learning in these contexts and its relevance to the challenge of global social ecological change. To explore these issues, approximately 35 participants gathered for the workshop, “Social Learning and Sustainability: Exploring Critical Issues in Relation to Environmental Change and Governance" on June 1—2, 2010, at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. This publication summarizes the key outcomes of the workshop.