Environmental Memoirs Educational Program 2007
Attention Teachers
The Environmental Memoirs Project commenced in February 2006,
on an international level to collect a series of memoirs from citizens
living within degrading ecological environments. In 2007, this
project continues at the national level.
We aim to promote UNESCO’s Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development, by collecting memoirs (personal
reflections) on the severity of environmental change and degradation
observed in a lifetime. This work will highlight the connection
between the past and present human action, building cross cultural
understanding and awareness.
You can be involved by encouraging secondary school students to participate in this project to:
- Interview a senior member of the community about an environmental issue experienced in their lifetime
- Document their findings in the form of a memoir
- Submit a memoir for web publication
Register your interest by contacting:
Kathryn Donnelly, Project Manager
National Centre for Sustainability at Swinburne
Ph (03) 9210 1923
Email ncs@swin.edu.au
Selected memoirs will be published on the Environmental Memoirs
website www.swinburne.edu.au/ncs/environmentalmemoirs
and collated on cd-rom. A series of fact sheets will be made
available to teachers for future use.
“Environmental Memoirs is supported by the Australian National
Commission for UNESCO through the International Relations Grants
Program of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade”.
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