International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
Editors: A/Prof John Lidstone, Queensland University of Technology and Prof Joseph P. Stoltman, Western Michigan University
Book Review Editor: Dr Sarah Witham Bednarz, Texas A & M University
Editorial Assistant: Donna Bennett, Australia
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Volume: 11 Number: 1 Page: 42–47
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Environment, Education and Society in the Asia Pacific: Three Key Questions
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David Yencken, John Fien and Helen Sykes
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This paper is a response to three issues raised by Bill Marsden (2001) in the second part of his review of our recent book, Environment, Education and Society in the Asia Pacific: Local traditions and Global
Discourses (Yencken, Fien and Sykes, 2000). The book reported on a study of youth environmentalism across the region as displayed in the young people's levels of awareness, knowledge, worldviews, aspirations,
concerns, behaviours and actions. The study used a portfolio of cultural and historical analysis, survey and focus group methods to explain not just the levels, patterns or state of youth environmentalism
but also to trace the influences of culture, politics, history, the media, education and experiences of the environment on young people. The book was divided into two major secions. The chapters in the
first part were written by researchers from each of the countries involved. The second part concluded the book with a chapter summarising the data on youth environmentalism across the region and a final
chapter that identified the educational implications of the findings. Marsden's concerns seem to relate to this second part of the chapter. Thus, this response also addresses the second part of the book
and the review.
© Multilingual Matters 2002
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