How Could We Be So Ignorant About The Visible Impacts of Climate Change? History of Air Pollution, Hıman Response and Educational Efforts

Yıl 2016, Cilt: 2 Sayı: 2, 81 - 105, 08.10.2019

Gaye Tuncer

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How could we be so ignorant on our responsibilities about the visible impacts of climate change? The answer is easy but hard to interpret; current education system does not let us do to so. With this review, I attempted to interpret the answer of this question through the history of air pollution events in correlation with human response and educational efforts. The story begins in the 13th century and expands with the attempts to develop an education system for a brighter and sustainable future.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Climate change, education for sustainable development, climate change education

Kaynakça

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