Contents of the 4th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens


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Goel and A. N. Sharga, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India The Role of Living Collections in Gardens for Our Sustainable Future Junko Oikawa and Tony Kendle, University of Reading, UK Can a Botanic Garden Education Visit Increase Children’s Environmental Awareness? Mary South, The Sir Harold Hillier Botanic Gardens and Arboretum, Romsey, UK Ecological Education Potential of Botanic Gardens: A Case Study among Indian School Children G. Valsala, K. Ravi and P. Pushpangadan, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India Development Education and Environmental Ethics Ethics and Equity – Key Components of Environmentally Sustainable Development Education M.A. Partha Sarathy, Bangalore, India Integrating Environmental and Development Education into Botanic Gardens Abel Barasa Atiti, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya Practical Approaches to the Teaching of Sustainability and Development Education Bill Graham and Sue Bird, Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses, Birmingham, UK Botanic Gardens: A Tribute to the Role of Beauty in Conservation of our Plant Heritage Maria Luisa Cohen, Assisi Nature Council, Switzerland The Gift Shop as a Site of Education for Sustainability John Huckle, South Bank University, London, UK Education on Conservation in the Conservatoire Botanique National de Brest Loïc Ruellan, Conservatoire, Botanique National de Brest, France Teacher Capacity Building: Skills Development through Environmental Education Alexis Symonds, National Botanic Institute, Pretoria, South Africa Beyond the Limits – Rural and Community Outreach The Genesis of the Medicinal Plants Conservation Network (MPCN) G. Hariramamurthi, Foundation for the Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore, India School in the Forest – Educating the young at the Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary Suprabha Seshan, Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, Kerala, India Empowering rural people for primary healthcare – A case study A.E. Shanavaz Khan, S. Binu, S. Rajasekharan, Jacob Thomas and P. Pushpangdan, Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Kerala, India Teaching Our Traditions – Medicinal Plants and Ethnobotany Traditions and Medicinal Plants: A Valuable Field of Knowledge and a Great Challenge for Sciences Edelmira Linares, IB-UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico Toys: An Amusing Use of Plants Veronica Franco, CICY, Yucatan, Mexico The Coconut in India V.T. Markrose, Coconut Development Board, Kerala, India Teaching on Indian Traditional Medicine S. Rajasekharan, T.G. Vinbod Kumar, A.E.Shanavaskhan, S. Binu and P. Pushpangadan, TBGRI, Kerala and NBRI, Lucknow, India The Use of Storytelling in Communicating the Value of Medicinal Plants Ghislaine Walker, UK New Trends in Science Education Challenging and Changing Ways of Knowing in Science and Science Education Kathleen Gordon, Education, Training and Curriculum Services, Queensland, Australia The Strategic Importance of Science Education in the Botanical Garden of the City of Paris Laurent Bray, Geneviève Beraud, Monique Belin, Karine Boudjoulian, Jean-Sébastien Robert, Patrick Thommen, Julie Didierjean, Jardin Botanique de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France The Framework for Change: Lobbying for Curriculum Recognition Gail Bromley and Mary Harrison, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK and Trentbull University, Ohio, USA Working towards a Mutually Beneficial Botanic Garden/ University Relationship Elizabeth de Keyser and Andrew Jamieson, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK Nourishing Deciduous Biodiversity Gunavant M. Oza and Tvisha M. Pandya, The Foundation for Environmental Awareness, Baroda and Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India Ethnobotany, the Scientific Vehicle in Education for Conservation Didier Jaques Roguet, Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Geneve, Switzerland The Green Plant Blues: Engaging Students in Science Inquiry While Encouraging a Conservation Ethic Anne Shenk and Jennifer Ceska, State Botanic Garden of Georgia, University of Georgia, USA The Search for Funding – Strategies for Success Peter S. Wyse Jackson, BGCI, Richmond, UK Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens Read more... Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens Read more... The 5th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens Read more... Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens Read more...	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