Company:Environmental Literacy Council
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Looks at a variety of issues related to the environment, including topics such as air, food, energy, water, population, and waste.
' About Us No choices are more important than those we make about the environment - and few are more complex and challenging. Yet the actions we take can have a permanent, powerful impact, upon human well-being and the face of nature on earth. The Environmental Literacy Council is dedicated to helping citizens, especially young people, participate wisely in this arena. An independent, non-profit organization, the Council gives teachers the tools to help students develop environmental literacy: a fundamental understanding of the systems of the world, both living and non-living, along with the analytical skills needed to weigh scientific evidence and policy choices. The environmental sciences have become an integral part of the K-12 curriculum, and for good reason. Health, living conditions, transportation infrastructure, technologies, economic future and our relationship with nature are all shaped by environmental actions. If we are to protect the Earth '-Environmental Literacy Council
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