Blog 4 - What are the lessons from the three environmental wins?

Promoting the successes of the three large-scale environmental wins

​The lesson learnt from the acid rain story was that international governance e.g., the Helsinki Protocol, and the dismantling of partisanship together with community-wide support, have been effective in protecting the Earth’s climate (Ogden, 2019). The lesson learnt from the hole in the ozone layer was that perseverance is required, in addition to international governance (the Montreal Protocol) together with industry and consumer co-operation. Acceptance of the relatively long-term elimination period (2060-2080) requires the quality of perseverance. The lesson from the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (COTS) threat was that a spirit of co-operation by learned institutions and local communities is required, in addition to the qualities learnt from the acid rain and COTS scenarios. In summary, the world community has persevered and has learnt how to cooperate and succeed in environmental action against difficult circumstances.

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These EnviroBlogs are part of a set of three EnviroBlogs describing the success of large-scale environmental actions - Dr John K Lee.

​Citation references, Paragraph and Section references are those contained in Dr John K Lee's PhD Thesis “Values and science in contemporary education: The study and impact of student orientation”. The Thesis document is available in the University of Newcastle repository, here: https://openresearch.newcastle.edu.au/articles/thesis/Values_and_science_in_contemporary_education_the_study_and_impact_of_student_orientation/28975331