Press release 2/2012
Environmental Education in Cities and Rural Areas: Seeking Greater Harmony
The scale and pace of migration is rising at an unprecedented rate. Most migrants move from rural areas to urban centres and with this in-migration cities grow.
Like an organism, cities exchange material, energy, and information, within themselves and with rural areas. Both cities and rural areas suffer from abandonment, changing social relationships, and growing discrepancies in lifestyles and opportunities. But rural-urban migrations can bring benefits, freeing rural lands from congestion and fragmentation.
