[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 53 (Thursday, May 5, 1994)]
[Senate]
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[Congressional Record: May 5, 1994]
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               INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION DAY

 Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, today, students from Mexico and 
my State of Texas are holding ceremonies and a tree planting on the 
Texas/Mexican border to signify the importance of environmental 
awareness and the need for environmental education in our classrooms.
  This event, sponsored by the American Forest Foundation's award-
winning environmental education curriculum, Project Learning Tree, is 
but one of three national activities being held today to promote 
international environmental cooperation between our North American 
countries. Similar ceremonies will be held simultaneously on the North 
Dakota/Canadian border and here in Washington at Memorial Park on the 
Capitol Mall. Students from all 50 States have participated by 
preparing environmental exchange boxes which will feature 
representative items of their State. These boxes have been sent to all 
three event sites, and permanent exhibits will be created in Texas and 
North Dakota to commemorate May 5 as International Environmental 
Education Day.
  Mr. President, I want to commend the youth of our country, Mexico, 
and Canada for joining together in a positive and creative way to call 
attention to the need for environmental education programs in our 
schools. Project Learning Tree reaches over 20 million students 
worldwide. The new revised PLT curriculum guide offers nearly 100 
activities that can be utilized in pre-K through senior high schools. 
PLT teaches students critical thinking skills and how to think about 
their environment, not what to think about their environment.
  I congratulate all of our students, parents, and teachers for 
participating in these nationwide events.

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