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Item Environmental Adult Education: Ecological Learning, Theory, and Practice for Socioenvironmental Change(New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2003) Hill, Lilian H.; Clover, Darlene E.Why is it important to discuss environmental issues in the context of adult and continuing education? Many of the world's adults are very much aware of environmental problems and are afraid, in fact terrified, that the world is in immediate danger. Their understandings come from a variety of sources such as personal observations and daily lived experiences, their peers, news reports and other media, and community-action campaigns. However, environmental problems loom large and can be difficult to understand due to both their scientific nature, and more importantly, the complexity of ideo-logical standpoints at their origin. The latter barrier makes it difficult for people to envision how they can possibly make a difference, thereby engendering feelings of hopelessness, fear, confusion, and apathy.Item Responding to the Needs of People(POLITICAL ECONOMY JOURNAL OF INDIA, 1994) Morales-Gomez, Daniel A.As the international community formulates goals and strategies for the 1990's, social policy reform based on human development is gaining wide-spread acceptance, an alternative to the economic adjustment policies that dominated the 1980's. Persistent poverty, the weak ethical base of a market philosophy of growth, altered roles of key development agents, and less international aid all highlight the urgency of changing how rich and poor countries meet social and human development needs.Item The World Congresses 4th on Action Research, Action Learning, and Process Management, and 8th on Participatory Action-Research, Convergence in Knowledge, Space, and Time(1995-12)This document outlines the general orientation, aims, and thematic structure for the 4th World Congress on Action Research, Action Learning, and Process Management, and the 8th World Congress on Participatory Action-Research, held in December 1995 in Bogotá, Colombia. The congresses focus on convergence in knowledge, space, and time, addressing themes such as methodology, evaluation, and future projections of work in the fields of action research, participatory learning, and social transformation.