The United Nations Conference on Environmental Education, held in Tbilisi, Georgia in 1977. Presentation for 3ES3 History of Sustainability, November 26, 2010

4. The Tbilisi Conference
1977

6. Environmental Education
vs.
Environmentalism

7. Environmentalist

8. Environmentalist

9. Environmental Educator

10. Environmental Educator

11. Environmental Educator

12. Environmental Educator

13. Environmental Educator

14. Environmental Education
“E.E.”

16. Timeline
• 1960s Cultural Changes
• 1972 Stockholm
• 1975 Belgrade
• 1977 Tbilisi
• 1983 WCED
• 1987 Moscow
• 1992 Rio
• 1997 Thessaliniki
• 2002 Johannesburg

17. Timeline
• 1960s Cultural Changes
• 1972 Stockholm
• 1975 Belgrade
• 1977 Tbilisi
• 1983 WCED
• 1987 Moscow
• 1992 Rio
• 1997 Thessaliniki
• 2002 Johannesburg

18. Timeline
• 1960s Cultural Changes
• 1972 Stockholm
• 1975 Belgrade
• 1977 Tbilisi
• 1983 WCED
• 1987 Moscow
• 1992 Rio
• 1997 Thessaliniki
• 2002 Johannesburg

19. Timeline
• 1960s Cultural Changes
• 1972 Stockholm
• 1975 Belgrade
• 1977 Tbilisi
• 1983 WCED
• 1987 Moscow
• 1992 Rio
• 1997 Thessaliniki
• 2002 Johannesburg

20. Timeline
• 1960s Cultural Changes
• 1972 Stockholm
• 1975 Belgrade
• 1977 Tbilisi
• 1983 WCED
• 1987 Moscow
• 1992 Rio
• 1997 Thessaliniki
• 2002 Johannesburg

21. Timeline
• 1960s Cultural Changes
• 1972 Stockholm
• 1975 Belgrade
• 1977 Tbilisi
• 1983 WCED
• 1987 Moscow
• 1992 Rio
• 1997 Thessaliniki
• 2002 Johannesburg

22. Timeline
• 1960s Cultural Changes
• 1972 Stockholm
• 1975 Belgrade
• 1977 Tbilisi
• 1983 WCED
• 1987 Moscow
• 1992 Rio
• 1997 Thessaliniki
• 2002 Johannesburg

23. Timeline
• 1960s Cultural Changes
• 1972 Stockholm
• 1975 Belgrade
• 1977 Tbilisi
• 1983 WCED
• 1987 Moscow
• 1992 Rio
• 1997 Thessaliniki
• 2002 Johannesburg

24. Timeline
• 1960s Cultural Changes
• 1972 Stockholm
• 1975 Belgrade
• 1977 Tbilisi
• 1983 WCED
• 1987 Moscow
• 1992 Rio
• 1997 Thessaliniki
• 2002 Johannesburg

34. Stockholm, Sweden. 1972

36. Maurice Strong
U.N. Secretary General

40. 1973

41. Belgrade, Yugoslavia. 1975

43. Tbilisi Statue of Victory
Constructed 1976

46. Goals:
• Awareness
• Opportunity
• New Behaviour

49. United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development in Rio (1992)

50. • International Conference on Environment
and Society in Thessaloniki (1997)
• United Nations Conference on Environment
and Development in Rio (1992)

51. • International Conference on Environment
and Society in Thessaloniki (1997)
• World Summit on Sustainable
Development in Johannesburg (2002)
• United Nations Conference on Environment
and Development in Rio (1992)

53. Tbilisi Declaration Recommendations. 1977

61. • AwarenessAwareness

62. • OpportunityOpportunity
• AwarenessAwareness

63. • OpportunityOpportunity
• New BehaviourNew Behaviour
• AwarenessAwareness

65. Image References
• Tbilisi Background http://lifebeyondtourism.wordpress.com/2008/11/
• UN Headquarters http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/2275143555/
• UNEP Logo http://www.responsibletravel.org/partners/index.html
• UNESCO Logo http://www.iipt.org/newsletter/2009/june.html
• Car Line-up http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertberkowitzrsbimageworks/3347698865/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• “No Gas” Sign http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/4271720183/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• Teach-In Day http://www.thepeoplespeak.org/blogs/the-40th-earthday.html
• White House on Earth Day http://www.pollutionissues.com/Co-Ea/Earth-Day.html
• Crowd of Earth Day Participants http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/environmentalist-heroes-earth-day-tribute.php
• President Nixon http://www.racialicious.com/2009/06/24/quoted-richard-nixon-on-abortion/
• EPA Building http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/industry-insider-epa-fuel-economy-ratings-cga.htm
• EPA Logo http://www.celsias.com/article/why-epa-sucks/
• Environmental Defence Fund http://vimeo.com/user1392002
• Greenpeace Boat http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2010/05/25/greenpeace-targets-shell-contracted-ship-for-anti-drilling-act/
• Friends of the Environment http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/foe-banned-cop15.php
• Map of Georgia http://travel-in-georgia.blogspot.com/2008/06/georgia-country-information.html
• Landscape http://georgien.blogspot.com/2010/10/review-tbilisi-georgia-ar-launches.html
• Cityscape http://www.everyculture.com/Ge-It/Georgia.html
• Environmentalists http://www.flickr.com/photos/chitro/5194187517/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• Classroom http://www.flickr.com/photos/serviciosinternos/3913902172/sizes/z/in/photostream/
• Students outdoors http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/4566436799/
• Adult students http://www.flickr.com/photos/churchillhouse/5181595032/
• Museum students http://www.flickr.com/photos/americaspower/5035647557/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• Kids at beach http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/4567068658/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• Bridge in Forest http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-tomar/3140694294/sizes/z/in/photostream/
• Canyon http://www.flickr.com/photos/88413712@N00/293941914/sizes/z/in/photostream/
• Jean Jacques Rousseau http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Reading_Revolutions/Rousseau.html
• Henry David Thoreau http://www.amaranthpublishing.com/TomBowling.htm
• Protestors http://www.flickr.com/photos/agitazioni/3553349926/sizes/z/in/photostream/

66. Image References
• Protest Banner http://www.flickr.com/photos/21767521@N05/2618837489/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• Nuclear Plant http://www.flickr.com/photos/danhuby/287693091/sizes/z/in/photostream/
• Oil refinery http://www.flickr.com/photos/legrisak/856563572/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• UN Logo http://www.flickr.com/photos/27902437@N04/2623371049/
• UN Flag http://www.flickr.com/photos/neubie/873595711/
• Stockholm 1972 Auditorium http://yabaha.net/dahl/personal/album.htm
• Maurice Strong http://www.maximsnews.com/news20091013mauricestronginterview10910130801.htm
• Belgrade conference room http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-iv
• UN General Assembly http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/U1751608-9.html
• UN Table of dignitaries 1975 http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ha/cedaw/photo01.html
• Tbilisi Statue of Victory http://www.flickr.com/photos/karemizu/668845730/
• UN Meeting, 1977 http://www.flickr.com/photos/39735679@N00/367982177
• Conference Plaza http://www.news.az/articles/georgia/2657
• Tbilisi mountain citadel http://konradintbilisi.de.tl/Tbilisi.htm
• Bruntdland Report Cover http://www.thwink.org/sustain/deadlock/WhyUnableToSolveProblem.htm
• Tbilisi streets from overhead http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activityandadventure/the-bicycle-diaries/5879551/The-bicycle-diaries-steak-and-solace-
in-Tbilisi.html
• Smokestacks http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cramb005/architecture/
• Water pollution http://www.liverpool.nsw.gov.au/pollution.htm
• Conference Room Teachers http://www.nl.edu/academics/nce/departments/SECED/seced-prospectivestudents.cfm

67. Image References
• Boy with male teacher http://www.nl.edu/academics/nce/departments/SECED/seced-prospectivestudents.cfm
• Female teacher with hand uphttp://www.nl.edu/academics/nce/departments/SECED/seced-prospectivestudents.cfm
• Pollution mask http://www.flickr.com/photos/fchouse/2505440634/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• Yellow sky with smog http://www.flickr.com/photos/pageworld/4164280348/
• Tire Beach http://www.flickr.com/photos/loupiote/2308144295/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• Polluted Canal http://www.flickr.com/photos/elsitasereia/5191497685/sizes/l/in/pool-55399420@N00/
• Bird in oil http://www.flickr.com/photos/19378856@N04/2037098785/sizes/z/in/photostream/
• Smog over water http://www.flickr.com/photos/skytruth/4733801040/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• Tbilisi fountains http://www.ekogeorgia.ge/Text.aspx?menuitemid=513&lan=2
• Old Citadel close http://wapforum.ge/viewtopic.php?t=4181&sid=e919d980dfbc0a570bd2da4d78b6b351
• Forest http://www.boehm-kunststofftechnik.de/english_version/umwelt.html
• Clean waterscape http://www.pixelapes.com/2007/08/20/blog-action-day/
• Green Bins http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2009/1/13/central/2997737&sec=central
• Earth Day Globe in hands http://www.keepunioncobeautiful.org/earth_day_main.htm
• Outdoor speech to adults http://www.cepcod.org/Environmental%20education.htm
• Collage of EE images http://www.anamduan.org/Education.html
• Greenhouse http://www.eeac-nyc.org/about.asp
• EE Chart http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-102781-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
• Tbilisi Citadel from the water http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Georgia/East/Tbilisi/photo374192.htm

68. Slideshow by Erinn van Wynsberghe
November 26, 2010
Musical Selection:
Traditional Georgian Folk Song
“Tsagveri da Tbilisi”
http://en.music.inet.ge/