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Public education is presented as a specific manifestation of the all-encompassing educational process in the natural-social integrity. From the standpoint of the philosophy of holism, the doctrine of noosphere and synergetics, the possibilities of education in solving the problem of harmonious coexistence of nature and society are substantiated. The author proceeds from the logic that intellectual and spiritual changes of people occur in the sphere of public education, which is reflected in the noosphere. The noosphere, in turn, affects the state of the entire universe. Consequently, in solving the problem of sustainable development, the potential for education should be more fully realized. At the same time, education itself, the state of which is officially estimated as crisis, needs a radical change in the direction of integration of the individual with the world around him/her. Prerequisites for such changes in real practice are available both in retrospect and at the present time. This is evidenced by the experience of the ancient Greek «paidean city-states», the countries of Europe in the ages of Renaissance and Enlightenment, the experience of the East Asian countries and the USSR, the modern «Finnish educational miracle», the expert assessments of the educational mission by the intellectual elite, the projects for the development of socio-territorial systems through education and culture. It is proposed to look for the solution of the problem of the education crisis not only in the education system itself, but within the entire natural and social integrity, of which the individual and the public education are an integral part.