Planning education to care for the earth - IUCN Knowledge Network

Published by:IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge, UKCopyright:(1995) International Union for Conservation of Nature andNatural ResourcesReproduction of this publication for educational or othernon-commercial purposes is authorised without priorwritten permission from the copyright holder.Reproduction of this publication for resale or othercommercial purposes is prohibited without priorwritten permission of the copyright holder.Citation: Palmer, J., Goldstein, W. and Curnow, A. (Eds). 1995.Planning education to care for the earth. IUCN, Gland,Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x+169 pp.ISBN: 2-8317-0296-8Printed by:SADAG, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, FranceCover : Repeating image adapted from Shaffer, Frederick W.1979 Indian Designs from Ancient Ecuador.Dover Publications, New York.Available from:IUCN Publications Services Unit219c Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 ODL, UK orIUCN Communications and Corporate Relations DivisionRue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, SwitzerlandThis book presents case studies in environmental communication andeducation by non government organizations (NGO) and governments. Theideas presented in the papers are those of the authors. Most of the paperswere presented at the IUCN - The World Conservation Union, GeneralAssembly workshop in Buenos Aires in January 1994 organised by theCommission on Education and Communication. A few papers have beenadded, those of John Smyth, Joy Palmer, and co-authors Agnes Gomis andFrits Hesselink. The IUCN Commission on Education and Communicationpresents these examples to encourage planning and management ofeducational programmes by both governments and NGO. Advocating theeffective use of education and communication as an instrument ofenvironmental policy is part of the mission of the Commission.The presentation of material in this document and the geographicaldesignations employed do not imply expression of any opinion whatsoeveron the part of IUCN or of other participating organisations concerning thelegal status of any country, territory or area, or concerning the delimatationof its frontiers or boundaries.Printed on chlorine free paper from sustainably managed forestsiv