The Thessaloniki Declaration: A Wake-Up Call for Environmental Education?

From: Journal of Environmental Education | Date: March 22, 2000| Author: KNAPP, DOUG | Copyright information

ABSTRACT: In December of 1997, an international conference was held in Thessaloniki, Greece, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Tbilisi Doctrine and to reorient education for sustainability in the 21st century. The culmination of this event was the Thessaloniki Declaration--a charter for the future of education for sustainability. In only 2 of the 29 statements made in the Declaration was the term environmental education mentioned. One of those references suggested that envir...

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