The Environment: The Quintessential Intergenerational Challenge

Summarizes environmental challenges and discusses the need and opportunity for older adults to actively engage in environmental activism, independently, and with other age groups. Much needs to be done to encourage elders to participate and to develop intergenerational approaches to building a posit...

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Published in:Generations (San Francisco, Calif.) Calif.), 1998-12, Vol.22 (4), p.68-71
Main Authors: Ingman, Stan, Benjamin, Tom, Lusky, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Addressing Societal Risks
Conservation (Environment)
Ecological sustainability
Elderly
Environmental education
Environmental Movements
Environmental policy
Environmental programs
Environmental Protection
Environmentalism
Generations
Intergenerational Programs
Intergenerational Relations
Older Adults
Older people
Renewable energy
Sustainable communities
Sustainable development
United States of America
Volunteerism
Water quality
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Summary:Summarizes environmental challenges and discusses the need and opportunity for older adults to actively engage in environmental activism, independently, and with other age groups. Much needs to be done to encourage elders to participate and to develop intergenerational approaches to building a positive environmental legacy. (Author)
ISSN:0738-7806
2694-5126