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Thirty years ago, a Russian train left Helsinki for Moscow carrying psychologists and educators from North America who were participants in the first citizen diplomacy project sponsored by the Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP). That train trip was the start of a 20-year Track-II1 Diplomacy Project, and evolved into a global teacher and student environmental activist project that brought together hundreds of teachers and students not only from the United States and the former Soviet Union, but colleagues and students in many other countries including Australia, the Czech Republic, and Spain.
We must be scholars and activists. It is simply not enough to be scientists—that is to measure and calculate, but rather we must be willing to dedicate ourselves to causes—to be activists who are willing to commit to environmental and humanitarian issues. (Dr. Jennie Springer, Principal, Dunwoody High School, From an address given at GTP Environmental Summit, Simpsonwood Conference Center, Norcross, October 2, 1996)
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Hassard, J. (2015). Citizen Diplomacy to Youth Activism: The Story of the Global Thinking Project. In: Mueller, M., Tippins, D. (eds) EcoJustice, Citizen Science and Youth Activism. Environmental Discourses in Science Education, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11608-2_25
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