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An education 21 programme: orienting environmental education towards sustainable development and capacity building for Rio

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Environmental education is essential to the success of Agenda 21. Yet currently it is without focus and effectively side-lined. This paper supplies a strategy and accompanying methodology for establishing environmental education as a major force for implementing Agenda 21. The author proposes the establishment of an Education 21 programme and the designation of the educational community as a new Rio major group. Recommendations are made to appropriate competent bodies.

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  1. Farnborough, College of Technology, GU14 6SB, Hampshire, UK

    Trevor Harvey

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Trevor Harvey is the Director of Studies in the Department of Environmental Management at Farnborough College of Technology. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the International Academic Conference on the Environment entitled, ‘Towards a Sustainable future: Promoting Sustainable Development’. Which was in Manchester, UK Part of Global Forum, June 1994.

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Harvey, T. An education 21 programme: orienting environmental education towards sustainable development and capacity building for Rio. Environmentalist 15, 202–210 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01901576

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