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making it count:
increasing the impact of climate change and food security education programmes
NEW report now available with advice on changing behaviours and creating effective educational programmes
Human beings are altering our natural world in unprecedented ways. And, as it is human behaviour - through burning fossil fuels, excessive consumption of natural resources and destruction of natural habitats - the one that is negatively affecting our environment, changing human behaviour must be part of the solution. Individuals must make changes to their daily lives to create a cumulative effect that will limit greenhouse gas emissions and stabilize the climate.
The evidence is clear: to change behaviour ‘environmental education’ needs to change its focus - with less emphasis on knowledge and raising awareness (although it is still needed) and more on competency, action skills and problem solving. Therefore, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, based on educational and psychological research, has issued a new report that presents some key objectives for planning or evaluating educational programmes designed at achieving pro-environmental behaviour change.
Click here to download the document and start encouraging behaviour change: www.fao.org/3/a-i4629e.pdf
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The YUNGA team
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