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"Harm-minimizing solutions are urgently needed to protect life from current and future climate change impacts. Individual choices are an important aspect of those solutions, but the magnitude of the problem is such that internationally coordinated governmental policies are required. The problem cannot be reduced to scientific and economic analysis alone—ethics is fundamental. The individual’s ethics are crucial to protecting life from climate change Education, ethical analysis, and policy are all essential and life can best be protected from climate change only through synergies between the three."

Abstract:

"This work takes the form of an evaluation of an online course. A case study of an online course, the Earth Charter Global Learning Opportunity (e-GLO) demonstrates how regions with even the least digital access may benefit from the usage of information and communication technologies, particularly digital storytelling techniques. Youth from around the world come together in a pioneering capacity-building endeavor to share knowledge on their social and community activities while learning to express their messages and stories digitally. This work explores the pitfalls of reliance on technology when attempting to bridge the divide, grounding itself in the network society model of the information age.

"Since education has been recognised as an important tool in developing human capacity, this research looked at implementation of education as a tool for sustainable development. It looked at the case of a material elaborated by the Earth Charter and its partners, which was distributed in some primary schools in Costa Rica. This research evaluated the use of this material in a sample of schools in different areas of the country.