5th World Environmental Education Congress
[10-14 May 2009]

>> The World Environmental Education Congress movement arose out of a desire to create a forum for dialogue and synergy among educators from all sectors of the field, including schools and universities and from national, regional and international organizations, associations and networks.

>> This Congress will examine contributions that environmental education can make towards the development of relationships amongst these spheres of understanding at a critical period in Earth’s history, when we need to profoundly and urgently realign human endeavour within the capacities, limits, and systems of our home.

>> Themes

• Relationships between ecology and economy:  the issue of sustainability
• Questions of fairness in socio-ecological issues
• Environmental health
• Urban challenges
• Ecologizing colleges and universities
• School and community
• Learning in society
• Heritage interpretation
• Indigenous knowledge and practices
• Ethics, environmental thought, and worldviews
• Art: imagination, creativity, and meaning
• Ecological identity

10-14 May 2009

Palais des Congrès Montréal

1001, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle
Montréal, Québec
Canada

Contact:

5WEEC 2009
Congress Secretariat - JPdL

Tel: +1 514-287-1070
Fax: +1 514-287-1248
e-mail: 5weec@jpdl.com  

[Organizers: Dr. Bob Jickling - Lakehead Univ., Prof. Lucie Sauvé - UQAM, Robert Litzler - AQPERE & Dr. Grant Garner - EECOM]