Love is a strong motivator in most people’s lives. The importance of and joy found with e.g. a partner remains a resilient and widespread narrative across cultures and history. It is also a major hoax, at least in a Nordic setting, with a growing number of marriages ending in tears. In that way it mirrors environmental and sustainability education (ESE) nicely. We all know that we ought to make ESE, not war, but sadly reality tends to differ. Understanding ESE and Love as concepts rooted in social and cultural patterns, influenced by tales of the good life from both science, popular culture and governance, enables viewing both as narratives that enables grasping impossible ideals, but also poses potential risks in both educational and pedagogical terms. These notions can be impossible ideals that lead to potential interpassivity, instead of the actions and practices we cherish. Perhaps ESE research and practice could learn a lesson from love by not only looking for perfection, but for perfection in imperfection. As such Love and ESE need a Kirkegaardian Leap of Faith into the unknown, a certain pedagogical courage to take a risk for humble and caring ESE action.