We asked Jo-Anne Ferreira, co-chairman of the organizing committee of the Conference, what is the most urgent environmental issue in the Pacific region.

«Certainly the most urgent issue is climate change, in fact it will be one of the central themes of the WEEC, and it will be discussed in every main session – she highlighted -. We will talk about climate change science, about the impacts on the Asian-Pacific communities and about the future of young generations; we will also discuss of what these aspects mean for environmental educators».

The organizing committee has chosen to use social networks to promote the Conference in order to increase the involvement of the participants. «We hope that some of these websites will be used by people to create a pre-congress debate who will start thinking about issues which could be developed both during and after the meeting in Brisbane», Ferreira says.

WEEC’s Permanent Secretariat is based in Turin at the Institute for Environment and Education Scholé Futuro Onlus, which is at the moment organizing the Italian delegation that will participate in the Conference. The Secretariat will prepare a travel package including flight (departing from Milan or Rome) and overnight stay (hotel or university campus, located near the convention center).
Everyone who is interested in joining the delegation should contact the Institute by telephoning at +39 011 4366522 or by sending an email to secretariat@environmental-education.org.

We look forward to hearing from you!

.eco, l’educazione sostenibile, n. 1 January 2011

Bob Jickling, Lakehead University; Lucie Sauvé, Université du Québec à Montréal; LaurenceBrière, Université du Québec à Montréal; Blair Niblett, Lakehead University; Emily Root, Lakehead University, Canada

This paper contextualizes the 5th World Environmental Education Congress, discusses the theoretical underpinnings of the Congress theme, “Earth our Common Home,” and relates this theorizing to the research project that was woven through the Congress. The rationale for this research project was to invite Congress participants to have a say in co-constructing an image of environmental education and a vision for its shared future. The results of the study describe an ever-changing and increasingly complex field. They also suggest converging and diverging pluralities, which can provide critical traction for practitioners who wish to critically reflect on ongoing developments in environmental education.

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