But the complex, multifaceted challenges and risks ahead call for a response which addresses the social, economic and environmentalissues facing the world today in an integrated and comprehensive manner.
When students understand the negative impacts of mountain top mining or deep water oil exploration, examples chronicled in the book, they are able to make connections between environmentalissues in the world and how they live collectively.
As an Environmental Systems teacher in Ecuador, I had begun to appreciate that energy is the key issue at the intersection of environmental and social issues for our country and the world.
But he said Britain wanted an investigation into the scientific and technological issues over cutting the environmental damage of aviation when it chaired the G8 summits of the world's most industrialised countries next year.