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- 1. Reactions to theUNEP/UNESCO Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education (Tbilisi, 1977) Simon Gooding-Townsend McMaster University, History 3ES3 26 November 2010
- 2. Useful Acronyms • UN:United Nations • UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization • UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme • NGO: Non-Governmental Organisation
- 3. Conference • Organised byUNESCO • Tbilisi (Georgia, then part of USSR) • October 14-26, 1977 • Participants: – 66 UNESCO Member States – 8 UN Programmes – 3 Intergovernmental Agencies – 20 NGOs
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- 6. Importance • Kartikeya Sarabhai,Journal of Education for Sustainable Development • Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair for Reorienting Teacher Education and United Nations University Chair for Education for Sustainable Development
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- 8. Rachel Carson Silent Spring Published1962 http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcThCVlTeue4lnTjZsM4rnv63Ljms11YV0vVlQF 31t8vXFMXDNeiOg
- 9. Pollution Phosphate Pollution http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQlfn07AP g4MiB0hUqw9ykexNNxv1e7Ej9BpVxph4Sg_u1J5hr- Automobile Pollution http://newsfrance.fr/photos2/pollution_au tomobile.jpg ChemicalPollution http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS81 dxDjRIhpU1- RHFVCUIXvpOHFctAtzsXKszR2o0FhBH9md30
- 10. Love Canal http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfbGlRRHnWQ6Fl_FWbN_u43i79o_wMAAnZQ1sVuBbUVdG1rgrV http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTCN9jvG7EoAi7CNzfTnl6672s89XPN-DOacadk0L68bFDIyXeO http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQcnN4Ncb7UN_TOUhXxsVMMBT24dDheMQrJCGg6_DHSUlpHNR09oA Love Canalrefers to the late 1970s protests of residents of the Love Canal neighbourhood when they discovered the health risks of living and attending school above an old toxic waste dump
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