Unfortunately, a consumer mindset does not remain limited to television, but in many cases extends to other activities and domains in our culture such as the environmental sector. People follow climate change, water scarcity, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and all other major current environmental concerns and yet although they may be anxious about these issues, they do not have the access to ways of change nor the knowledge of how to do so. ... What major changes occurred in the participatory approach and more specifically in the public participation in environmental decision-making (EDM) ...

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The concept of "Ubuntu"" appears to be the most reliable foundation for an environmental peace education, mainly because at class six the children are moving in to the teen age and should have already internalized the importance of sharing concern (ubuntu), of reciprocal relationship between themselves and others. ... As an ethics of reciprocity; Ubuntu' implies love and respect for others,property and the environment we all live in and share together. ...

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A Sand County Almanac A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopold is and environmental handbook on how people should view and treat the environment as well as how people actually interact with the environment. ... In addition to pointing out the "balance of nature", Aldo Leopold also stresses the importance and lack of environmental awareness. ... I am in an Environmental History class and by most estimations am unaware of the environment around men. ... This leads me to the main point of Aldo Leopold's book; not to learn about nature, not to conserve nature, but to care about and h...

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