Archive for July, 2011
GLOBE Foundation Awards Canada’s Best Environmental Leaders
VANCOUVER, B.C. May 12, 2011 – - It was an evening of congratulations, fun and networking as the GLOBE Foundation announced the 2011 GLOBE Awards for Environmental Excellence.
For the 9th year, awards were presented to Canadian companies that have excelled in sustainable business practices, progressive technology development and offered services.
District 319, a stylish multimedia facility located in Vancouver’s urban core, served as backdrop to this year’s ceremony. Carefully transformed from an abandoned Asian movie house, it offered attendees a refreshingly new atmosphere conducive to networking.
Tags: canadian tire corp, globe foundation, sustainable business practices, walmart canada, wastewater treatment facilities
Linkage between Natural resources Degradation in Somalia and Environmental Education
INTRODUCTION
Environmental education emerged in the 1960s as the term for the educational dimensions of the environment movement which, at that time, was concerned about air and water quality (pollution), the growth in world population, continuing depletion of natural resources and environmental degradation. Early definitions were framed as being aimed at producing citizens that are knowledgeable about the biophysical environment and its associated problems, aware of how to solve these problems and motivated to work towards their solution. Environmental education has focused on ecology, environmental issue investigation, and the citizen action skills needed to understand and influence issue outcomes. Emerging awareness of human health and social problems in racial minority and low-income communities resulting from natural resources degradation is expanding the role of environmental education. In order for environmental education to effectively address all populations, it must have simple guidelines that people can follow.
Tags: citizen action, depletion of natural resources, educational dimensions, environmental degradation, issue investigation