标题：The Use of Innovative Distance Learning Programs as a Means of Developing Innovative Environmental Problem Solvers from Internationally, Ethnically, Culturally, And Racially Diverse Backgrounds
期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2009
卷号：11
期号：1
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：Twenty-nine years after earth day, where do we go from here? The world faces a plethora of global
environmental challenges from food and water contamination, global warming, manmade disasters, natural
disasters, and the enormous societal ills of environmental racism. To settle disputes and reach collaborative
solutions to tough environmental issues, these leaders must include ethnic, racial, and cultural minorities from
all over the globe that possess the skills to effectively negotiate for mutually beneficial scientific, technical and
social solutions, and work to implement those solutions. Several universities have developed distance learning
and on-line master’s and doctoral degree programs that allow for the development of communities of practice
that can include the benefits of diverse ideas, perspectives, and contributions of ethnic, racial, and cultural
minorities from around the world.
