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Shortly after the
global environment summit in 1992, a group of young
people gathered together at the UK headquarters of the
educational charity Peace Child International.
They were funded
by the UN to produce a young people's version of Agenda
21, which was entitled 'Rescue Mission Planet Earth'
On
International Earth Day 1994, 'Rescue Mission: Planet
Earth' was published. This is a youth version of Agenda
21, an international plan for sustainable development,
that was was signed up to by most of the world leaders
who attended the Rio di Janeiro Environment Summit in
1992. The project was funded by the United Nations and
organised by the international charity Peace Child International.
'Rescue
Mission' was produced by a gathering of young people
from all over the world. Their aim was to network children
as a force to conserve the resources of Planet Earth.
In Wales, Rescue Mission stimulated teachers and children
in the County of Dyfedd to develop a practical scheme
for harnessing the National Curriculum to meet the objectives
of the Local Agenda 21. The scheme developed as an all-Wales
bilingual programme named SCAN (Schools in Communities
Agenda 21 Network scan-online.org).
To
mark the Johannesberg 'Rio Plus 10' Environment Summit
(2002) this selection of topics from Rescue Mission
was produced by children of Cardiff schools as a guide
for children to join with SCAN and produce their own
mission with long-term plans for environmental improvements
in home and neighbourhood.
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HERE FOR 'Rescue Mission
Access SCAN through www.scan-online.org
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