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Wall, Denis, Ed.; Owen, Michael, Ed. – 1992
This proceedings contains 13 papers on the role of distance education in sustainable community development, particularly in Canada's remote northern communities. Four sections cover theoretical issues such as the meaning of "community" in international distance programs and the influence of students' immediate community on their survival…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Community Development
Indigenous Affairs, 1995
This document consists of the eight issues of the IWGIA newsletter "Indigenous Affairs" published during 1994-95. Each issue is published in separate English and Spanish versions. The newsletter is published by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), an organization that supports indigenous peoples in their efforts…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Canada Natives, Civil Liberties
Sterling, Stephen – 2001
Today, most learning is functional or informational learning, which is oriented towards socialization and vocational goals that take no account of sustainability. This has been reinforced in Western educational systems by the introduction of a managerial view of education which has paralleled recent economic restructuring. This modernist…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Criticism, Ecology
Thomas, Jerold R.; Safrit, R. Dale – 2002
Fourteen economic development practitioners were asked to participate in a modified Delphi study that attempted to provide a level of agreement about future trends and issues that affect economic development at the county level in Ohio. Literature from several fields was reviewed to find potential trends and issues and, using a Likert-type scale,…
Descriptors: Awards, College Faculty, County Programs, Delphi Technique
Black, Alan; Duff, John; Saggers, Sherry; Baines, Patricia – 2000
This report recommends priorities for research into rural communities and rural social issues in Australia, based on an extensive literature review, surveys of policymaking agencies and researchers, and discussion at a national workshop in May 1999. Chapters 1-2 outline the study's background, purpose, and methodology; discuss issues in the…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
1999
This videotape gives students the opportunity to view farming practices in four distinctly different countries: Zimbabwe, France, China, and the United States. By viewing farming methods throughout the world and studying the different challenges facing the world's farmers, students will be able to appreciate the commonality of all farmers--they…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Climate, Ecology, Environmental Education

Hage, Steve; Daniels, Rosalie – Green Teacher, 1996
Presents a selection of thematic units focusing on the environment that integrate literature, outdoor education, field studies, and research on current environmental issues. These units are part of a program offered at the School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley, Minnesota. Authors include Thoreau, Camus, Orwell, Hemingway, Sophocles, and…
Descriptors: Ecology, Environmental Education, Field Studies, Futures (of Society)

Morton, John S.; Shaw, Jane S.; Stroup, Richard L. – Social Education, 1997
Reviews the theories of 18th-century social scientist Thomas Malthus regarding population and his predictions of massive worldwide famine. Maintains that countries with a tradition of private property rights can sustain a dense population and food supply. Examines the relationship between low birth rate and economic prosperity. (MJP)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Birth Rate, Environmental Education, Family Planning
Faris, Ron – Education Canada, 2003
A new model of learning communities based on lifelong learning is emerging. The approach integrates nonformal and formal learning so that all learning is recognized. The expertise and learning resources that exist in every community are mobilized so that community purposes are achieved. Examples are given of learning communities in rural British…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Cooperation, Community Education, Educational Change

Perras, Jean – Northern Review: A Multidisciplinary Journal of the Arts and Social Sciences of the North, 1998
Document prepared at the Circumpolar Conference on Sustainable Development calls for governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to collaborate on integrating concepts of sustainable development into all aspects of formal and nonformal education, developing a sustainable development public-awareness communication program,…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Curriculum Development, Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs
Whelan, James – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2005
Community-based environmental education is an important part of the sustainability project. Along with regulation and market-based instruments, adult learning and education in non-formal settings consistently features in the sustainability strategies advocated and implemented by government, community and industry entities. Community-situated…
Descriptors: Popular Education, Socialization, Environmental Education, Action Research
Yih, Katherine; Brower, Michael – 1994
In much of the nonindustrialized world, women are the main providers of water, fuel, food, and other basic necessities, and thus often play the part of environmental managers. Because they are more directly connected to the environment, women are the most directly affected by environmental degradation, yet rarely have women been heard in…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Theobald, Paul; Nachtigal, Paul – 1995
Traditionally, rural schools have been tightly linked to their communities, and the process of schooling has reflected local values, mores, and ways of life. However, during the early 1900s, the beginning of the Progressive era, allegiance to local ways received heavy criticism. An inherent assumption, that bigger is better, was promoted as the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Consolidated Schools, Educational Change, Educational History
Phillips, David; And Others – 1996
This report describes the main questions that various international agencies must address in order to reconstruct education in countries that have experienced crisis. "Crisis" is defined as war, natural disaster, and extreme political and economic upheaval. Many of the problems of educational reconstruction with which the Allies contended in…
Descriptors: Democracy, Developmental Programs, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Mrazek, Rick, Ed. – 1994
The theme of the 1993 conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education was "Pathways to Partnerships: Coalitions for Environmental Education." Speakers on environmental issues represented government agencies and legislative houses, international institutions, businesses, and academia and included U.S. Representative Karan…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Economics, Educational Objectives