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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Three Decades of International Guidelines for Environment-Related Education: A Critical Hermeneutic of the United Nations Discourse
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Sauve, Lucie; Berryman, Tom; Brunelle, Renee – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2007
The UNESCO-UNEP International Environmental Education Program (1975-1995) provided impetus for developing, legitimizing, and institutionalizing environmental education. More recently, UNESCO was mandated by the United Nations to carry out a worldwide shift towards education for sustainable development. As international organizations'…
Descriptors: Nonformal Education, Environmental Education, Guidelines, International Organizations
Relieving Modern Day Atlas of an Illusory Burden: Abandoning the Hypermodern Fantasy of an Education To Manage the Globe.
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Berryman, Tom – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 1999
A critique of planetary education for sustainable development and a restatement of some alternatives that compensate for the excess of such globalized education. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Environmental Education, Global Approach, Science Education