The present book is a compilation of some of the key note speeches and papers delivered at the Third World Environmental Education Congress - 3rd WEEC (Turin, Italy, 3-6 October 2005). It includes a number of the contributions in various subjects discussed at the Congress, whose lead theme was Educational paths towards Sustainability. This book documents the wide range of topics in the field of environmental education discussed at the event, with a special emphasis to the scientific, educational and participatory aspects presented at the Congress and considers how they are linked with sustainable development. The Third World Environmental Education Congress was a further, positive step forward towards the cause of promoting environmental education across the world. The experiences gathered and documented in this book, which is a concrete contribution towards the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, want to raise further interest and catalyse further projects and initiatives all over the world. The present book is a compilation of some of the key note speeches and papers delivered at the Third World Environmental Education Congress - 3rd WEEC (Turin, Italy, 3-6 October 2005). It includes a number of the contributions in various subjects discussed at the Congress, whose lead theme was Educational paths towards Sustainability. This book documents the wide range of topics in the field of environmental education discussed at the event, with a special emphasis to the scientific, educational and participatory aspects presented at the Congress and considers how they are linked with sustainable development. The Third World Environmental Education Congress was a further, positive step forward towards the cause of promoting environmental education across the world. The experiences gathered and documented in this book, which is a concrete contribution towards the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, want to raise further interest and catalyse further projects and initiatives all over the world. Preface Innovative approaches to education for sustainable development Walter Leal Filho and Mario Salomone 9 Guidelines of the Torino World Congress for wide-ranging environmental education, founded on solid ethical and epistemological bases 11 Chapter 1 "Governance" and sustainable society the role of education in politics and the economy Mario Salomone 25 Chapter 2 Learning to shape life Klaus H bner 31 Chapter 3 Scuola 10 e lode, an environmental-certification project for schools in the Emilia Romagna Region (Italy) Antonella Bachiorri, Cristina Bondavalli, Alessandra Pugliesi, Silvia Selmi 41 Chapter 4 Park, yes or no? A teaching experience on a socio-environmental conflict. Introduction and theoretical guide-lines Elisabetta Falchetti, Nicola Margnelli 47 Chapter 5 Islands of discourse: case studies of an ecological framework for environmental education David B. Zandvliet, David R. Brown 53 Chapter 6 Promoting environmental education at kindergarten level in Savonlinna, Finland and in Saku, Estonia Vienola Vuokko 63 Chapter 7 Diversity in environmental education: the pre-service training of the primary school teachers Chrysanthi Kadji-Beltran, Constantinos P. Constantinou, Petra Lindemann-Matthies, Zacharias Zacharia 65 Chapter 8 Educom@med: education in coastal management for the Mediterranean Monica Camuffo, Paola Minoia, Gabriele Zanetto, Gonzalo Malvarez 73 Chapter 9 Education for Sustainable Development in Preschool Institutions. Development and testing of a training concept for Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) Marco Rieckmann 79 Chapter 10 An innovative experience of training in sustainability, addressed to PhD students involved in environmental research Elena Camino, Giuseppe Barbiero, Marta Angelotti & Laura Colucci-Gray 85 Chapter 11 Revitalizing the philosophy of the Gurukul System for effective Environmental Education Arundhati Vishwasrao, Alaka Gadgil 91 Chapter 12 Community-based approaches to environmental education: lessons for socially critical education and biodiversity conservation Shailesh Shukla, James S. Gardner 97 Chapter 13 Sustainable relationships. The key to the success of the New Zealand Enviroschools Programme Heidi Mardon. Pamela Williams 117 Chapter 14 Education for Sustainable Development learning for Sustainable Living in Kenya. A project of nature Kenya (East African Natural History Society) Eric Deche 125 Chapter 15 From Ijoni to eco warrior: the impact of South Africa's reconciliation on environmental education Mary Murphy 137 Chapter 16 Engaging ambivalence: Environment in South Africa's new national curriculum statement Heila Lotz-Sisitka 147 Chapter 17 Urban green as a place of active citizenship practice: experiences in Genoa (Italy) Giorgio Matricardi, Nello Agosta, Agostino Barletta, Barbara Comparini, Edoardo Canavese, Rita Porro 153 Chapter 18 NGO contribution to realisation of governmental tasks in Environmental Education in Hungary Kriszta V rhelyi, Gabriella d /TD> 157 Chapter 19 The YTV Waste Prevention Strategy 2007 Sari Kemppainen 163 Chapter 20 Curriculum greening in engineering education. Experiences from Dutch and Spanish technological universities Jordi Segal Didac Ferrer-Balas, Karel Mulder 171 Chapter 21 Ideas of nature, tourism and environmental education. A study in the Cantareira system environmental protection area Jo Luiz de Moraes Hoeffel, Almerinda Antonia Barbosa Ladini, Micheli Kowalczuk Machado, Jussara Christina Reis, Karina Andr de Carvalho 181 Chapter 22 Educational campaign about the plan against the acoustic pollution in Napoli (Italy) Pio Russo Krauss, Guido Liotti, Aldo Aimone 187 Chapter 23 Dealing with despair: the psychological implications of environmental issues Richard Kool, Elin Kelsey 193 Chapter 24 Effectiveness of an intergenerational approach for enhancing knowledge and improving attitudes toward the environment: study in the US and Taiwan Shih-Tsen Liu, Matthew S. Kaplan, Huei-Hsu Wu 203 Chapter 25 Self-regulation of attitudes in education for sustainable development Aitor Albizu Intxausti, Jos anuel Gutierrez Bastida 217 Chapter 26 Curricula and Interdisciplinary Educational Environmental Programs: The Case of Constructing Awareness at a Remote Island Community Theodore Alexiou, Yiannis Gailas 223 Chapter 27 A Pilot Contemporary Courses in Central Asia Igor Hadjamberdiev, Muzofar Isobaev 233 Chapter 28 Environmental sensitisation of pupils within the innovative approach of Genathlon Center Pavlos Chrambanis, Ioulia Balaska 241 Chapter 29 Rural poverty, illiteracy and the quest for forest resource conservation in Nigeria Biodun Ogunyemi, Kolawole Raheem 245 Chapter 30 "Pathways" to change. Report of the supporting schools programme 2004/05 Anna Birney 257 Chapter 31 Traditional Knowledge and Environmental Education and practice in Sri Lanka Rohan H. Wickramasinghe 267 Chapter 32 Creating students' attitudes during the realization of ecological project Katarzyna Potyrala & Alicja Walosik 273