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Rethinking Education for Sustainable Development [Chapter 9]

This book explores how education can be used as a tool to promote sustainability practices as the world faces huge challenges related to climate change and public health. GRID3 contributed to Chapter 9, “Building Capacity for Geospatial Data-Driven Education Planning”.

 

Authors Columbia University's Center for Sustainable Development
Source Bloomsbury Academic
Published 2022
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