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Environmental education is currently fashionable. However, some educators are viewing it with suspicion as a ‘trendy subject’ which will disrupt their carefully planned syllabii which are geared largely towards the passing of examinations. In the South Pacific there have been a number of attempts to increase people's awareness of their surroundings and to build up a respect for what is loosely termed our physical environment. These programmes have included, increasing the amount of environmental examples in a range of primary and secondary school subjects, formal courses in environmental planning at the tertiary level, and conservation messages through the media.
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Dr Jenny Bryant is a Lecturer in Geography at the University of the South Pacific, and recently Secretary, now Acting Chairperson, of the South Pacific Action Committee for Human Ecology and the Environment (SPACHEE).
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Bryant, J.J. Educating the South Pacific about the environment. Environmentalist 8, 127–131 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02240279
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02240279