Environmental Health Literacy and Agenda 21
Under Agenda 21 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992), environmental health education in secondary schools, at universities and for the general public is highlighted under Part 6. Throughout this section reference is made to cooperation requiring a knowledge base that makes collaboration possible.
It is possible to greatly influence environmental health at a significant level by addressing this environmental health literacy challenge which is age-old and, in the area of environmental interpretation and stewardship, is referred to by scientific, philosophical and theological leaders from early times (cf the beginning of Aristotle’s On the Parts of Animals).