This paper discussed the relationship between language, ecology, and culture, and claimed that the study of linguistic communication as pragmatics should not be confined to the traditional context, but should focus on a broader ecological environment. It analyzed the context of practical communication from the perspective of language ecology…

This collection of environmental education newsletters encompasses the issues published in 1978. The main topic covered in the first issue of the collection is the First Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education held in Tbilisi, USSR in October, 1977. The Tbilisi declaration resulting from that conference is discussed. The second…

This collection of three environmental education newsletters includes activities and issues of international environmental education for 1976. The first issue contains discussion of the Belgrade Charter adopted at the International Environmental Education Workshop at Belgrade, October 1975. The second issue deals with regional plans, projects, and…

This collection of environmental education newsletters includes two issues published in 1979. The first issue discusses the African Regional Workshop in Environmental Education, held in Senegal in December 1978. Also included are: (1) a discussion of environmental education in the USSR; (2) a discussion of the state of the environment, 1978; and…

This newsletter on environmental education discusses the Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education held in Tbilisi, USSR in October, 1977. Presented are accounts of the preparations and consultations relative to the conference. A provisional agenda and discussion thereof is presented. Also included in the newsletter are analyses of…

The nations of the Caribbean region have agreed under the auspices of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) to draw up an action plan to manage growth and pollution in the region. The draft plan and associated issues are described. (RE)

Discusses the human use of the planet earth. Describes the global patterns and the regional aspects of change. Four requirements for the cultivation of leadership and institutional competence are suggested. Lists five references for further reading. (YP)

Articulates the need for international cooperation concerning environmental issues and the promotion of sustainable development. Discusses several international treaties and conventions addressing specific environmental concerns. Lists a number of worldwide environmental concerns, including fresh water, arable land, air pollution, oceans, forests,…