Amendments to the Environmental Education Act of 1970: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3927 ...

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Страница 149 - Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
Страница 149 - States shall co-operate to develop further the international law regarding liability and compensation for the victims of pollution and other environmental damage caused by activities within the jurisdiction or control of such States to areas beyond their jurisdiction.
Страница 71 - I hear, and I forget; I see, and I remember; I do, and I understand.
Страница 140 - We need new knowledge, new perceptions, new attitudes — and these must extend to all levels of government and throughout the private sector as well: to industry; to the professions; to each individual citizen in his job and in his home. We must seek nothing less than a basic reform in the way our society looks at problems and makes decisions.
Страница 2 - ... environment. It is also vital that our entire society develop a new understanding and a new awareness of man's relation to his environment — what might be called "environmental literacy." This will require the development and teaching of environmental concepts at every point in the educational process. While education may provide ultimate answers to long-range environmental problems, however, we cannot afford to defer reforms which are needed now.
Страница 149 - Having considered the need for a common outlook and for common principles to inspire and guide the peoples of the world in the preservation and enhancement of the human environment...
Страница 75 - His melancholy, delicately moving stanzas are an exquisite register of the feelings of those intellectuals 'wandering between two worlds,/ One dead, the other powerless to be born'.
Страница 2 - We must train professional environmental managers to deal with pollution, land planning, and all the other technical requirements of a high quality environment. It is also vital that our entire society develop a new understanding and a new awareness of man's relation to his environment --what might...
Страница 133 - Education, for providing ready access to descriptions of exemplary programs, research and development efforts, and related information that can be used in developing more effective educational programs.
Страница 83 - Department of Housing and Urban Development is engaged in research and other actions to detect and eliminate this hazard. The resources of the private sector should also be utilized through local laws requiring owners of housing wherever possible to control lead paint hazards. Enlisting the Young The starting point of environmental quality is in the hearts and minds of the people. Unless the people have a deep commitment to the new values and a clear understanding of the new problems, all our laws...

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