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Stand Up, Stand Up and Be Counted: Undermining Myths of Environmental Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

John Fien
John Fien*
Affiliation:
Centre for Innovation and Research in Environmental Education, Griffith University, Brisbane
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Abstract

This paper explores some of the ideas that underlie different conceptions of sustainable development. It suggests the notion of ‘sustainable living’ may provide direction for the role of environmental education in the transition towards a sustainable society. Aspects of the emerging concept of ‘education for sustainable living’ are used to analyse some widely-held assumptions about environmental education practice. In doing so the paper seeks to contribute to the process of identifying a vision and practice appropriate to environmental education for a new millennium.

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Research Article
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Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 13 , 1997 , pp. 21 - 26
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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