{"id":6856,"date":"2017-07-20T07:11:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T07:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=6856"},"modified":"2017-07-20T07:11:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T07:11:40","slug":"all-those-declarations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2017\/07\/20\/all-those-declarations\/","title":{"rendered":"All those declarations"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote\u00a0about Tbilisi about 6 months ago, wondering how that eponymous declaration would be celebrated, 40 years on. \u00a0And, about 5 years ago, I set out a list of the significant EE world conferences etc. \u00a0This was thanks to Alan Reid's\u00a0very helpful\u00a0posting to the EE Mailbase: making links to EE declarations \/ resolutions \/ reports \/ charters \/ strategies \/ \u00a0from 1972 onwards. \u00a0For the record, here they are:<\/p>\n

The Stockholm Declaration 1972<\/p>\n

The Belgrade Charter 1975<\/p>\n

The Tbilisi Declaration Report 1977<\/p>\n

The Moscow Strategy 1987<\/p>\n

The Rio Declaration 1992<\/p>\n

The Thessaloniki Declaration 1997<\/p>\n

The Johannesburg Declaration 2002<\/p>\n

United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014<\/p>\n

UNECE Strategy for ESD<\/p>\n

The Ahmedabad Declaration 2007<\/p>\n

The Bonn Declaration 2009<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is not as long a list as some would like, and the world is full of folk who want to add their own immodest efforts to what's here. \u00a0Nothing here either about WEEC or UNECE, for example (whatever happened to UNECE by the way?), or the various COPs or the widening GAP. \u00a0I commented<\/a> at the time I compiled this list: Reading the early [reports] reminds us how little progress we have made, suggesting that we read Tbilisi, and weep. \u00a0If only we'd done what we said we would. \u00a0If only different factions hadn't been so certain. \u00a0If only we hadn't attacked each other so much. \u00a0If only, ... .<\/p>\n

I note, as the conference season looms, that various groups are out to celebrate the legacy of Tbilisi. \u00a0You know how the argument will go: There's a direct line of successful activism from Tbilisi to Paris. \u00a0This is another way of saving that if it hadn't been for environmental education, the Paris Agreement would not have happened. \u00a0But it's nonsense,\u00a0and there\u2019s a lot to be said for due modesty. \u00a0How about this as an account of how it works:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Effective environmental education (etc) informs and enriches the school experience ...<\/li>\n
  2. Resulting in both child and and family learning about sustainability ...<\/li>\n
  3. Leading to a higher proportion of people who are aware, informed and concerned about the issues we face ...<\/li>\n
  4. Who (can then) bring influence and pressure to bear, as consumers and citizens, on business and government ...<\/li>\n
  5. Leading to informed shifts in policy and practice, locally, nationally and globally ...<\/li>\n
  6. Resulting in improved socio-economic and environmental conditions \u2013 including ...<\/li>\n
  7. An education system where environmental education (etc) are no longer needed because they are part of the mainstream.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This is not good enough, in part because it fails the dog-training test<\/em>, so expect more about this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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