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Arthur B. Sacks
Bio: Arthur B. Sacks is an academic researcher from North American Association for Environmental Education. The author has contributed to research in topics: Environmental education. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 3 citations.
Topics: Environmental education
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TL;DR: In less than two decades, the concepts of limits to growth and of the necessity of an ecologically sustainable economic order have gained international recognition as discussed by the authors, but belief in the necessity for planning for a sustainable future is growing.
Abstract: In less than two decades, the concepts of limits to growth and of the necessity of an ecologically sustainable economic order have gained international recognition. These concepts are not yet understood by most people or most governments, but belief in the necessity for planning for a sustainable future is growing. Several lines of strategy are necessary to obtain a truly global commitment to sustainable programmes of development that will simultaneously protect The Biosphere. Among those now undertaken are the World Conservation Strategy, the international environmental education movement formalized at Tbilisi in 1977, and the World Campaign for The Biosphere. Educational efforts are necessary but insufficient to move the world into an ecologically sustainable mode of behaviour. Political action that reflects moral conviction roused by scientific information will also be necessary. Safeguarding the environmental future and The Biosphere requires a social commitment of a moral, quasi-religious character.
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TL;DR: The authors discusses eight major threats to the biosphere and highlights environmental education efforts, concluding that increased public enlightenment and conservation measures already being taken give a fair prospect that the worst possible outcomes will be avoided.
Abstract: Briefly discusses eight major threats to the biosphere and highlights environmental education efforts. Concludes that increased public enlightenment and conservation measures already being taken give a fair prospect that the worst possible outcomes will be avoided.
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