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Hill, Robert J. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2012
Examining the intersection of civic engagement and environmental literacy is particularly timely because 2012 marked a critical juncture in history: the United Nations Literacy Decade ended, and a 20-year appraisal of the United Nation's Earth Summit commenced. The Literacy Decade, launched in 2003 under the slogan "Literacy as Freedom," situated…
Descriptors: Literacy, Environmental Education, Citizen Participation, Capacity Building
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Hill, Robert J. – Convergence, 2006
There is a crisis in democratic public space in the USA. This essay explores key areas that are either causes or effects of the present predicament: post-9-11 fear, neoliberalisation/globalisation, migrating populations, and the growing power of right-wing fundamentalism, among others. (Contains 6 notes.)
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Freedom, Democracy, Social Values