Also referred to as Grassmere Park, the Nashville Zoo's mission statement is, "Promoting environmental and species conservation through education and recreation."" ... These include a wind turbine, geothermal energy, rain garden, green roof technology, and alternative building systems. Green roofing could provide habitat for wildlife while also reducing energy costs of onsite buildings. ... The Cincinnati Zoo is a leader in wind power, solar energy, water conservation and storm water management. The Phoenix Zoo is helping to popularize recycling efforts by encouraging students to design a...

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Tomorrow's World Beautiful trees, colorful birds, fragrant flowers, sparkling springs, and clear blue skies. These are just some of the few items the planet has given us. We live on such a wonderful place that offers beauty and pleasure. This planet deserves to be treated with the hi...

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World Conservation Union (IUCN 1970) Despite evidence in academia that educators accept the importance of EE it is challenged as it struggles to create its own identity and it is thought to be treated as a marginal subject in most UK secondary schools (Gayford, 1991.) ... The overlapping and divergent interests of EE and ESD Column Field A – Primarily EE B- Shared C- Primarily ESD Problems of interest and goals Environmental Natural resource Environmental Quality Biodiversity Development Potable water Sanitation Food and energy resources Social/Economic Poverty Health care Basic literacy...

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The Vision of a Sustainable Society The Rio Conference on the Environment (1992) will live on in mankind's history as the occasion which put an end to obsession with economic development. That "development" was no more than misrepresented growth of wealth along with a corresponding frantic squand...

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