Education is the key to personal fulfillment, development, conservation, peace and well-being. Through education, young people can find new ways to build commitment and strengthen action in favor of preserving our cultural and natural heritage, our tangible and intangible heritage, and our local and world heritage. Their efforts will benefit not only the present generation but also the generations of the future.
World Heritage education advocates the reaffirmation of identity, mutual respect, dialogue, unity in diversity, solidarity, and positive interaction among the cultures of the world. This material will hopefully be widely used by classroom teachers throughout the curriculum—by teachers of history, science, geography, art, mathematics, language, and other subjects and fields of study. By using this material, by developing additional material and by enriching their classroom practices, teachers can help to mobilise today’s youth in ways that bring the peoples of the world closer together in a climate of trust, mutual appreciation and solidarity.
