Authors: Robert J. McDermott, Klaus Klein, Dale O. Ritzel
Abstract: The third winter meeting of the International Consortium for Interdisciplinary Education about Health and the Environment was held under the auspices of the University of Cologne’s Institute of Biology and its Didactics and the Gesellschaft für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Kommunikation, December 10, 2009 in Cologne, Germany. Several presentations and follow-up discussions ensued. This paper reiterates the purpose and philosophy of the Consortium, the need for interdisciplinary thinking about the linkages between the environment and health, and the future of interdisciplinary and cross-national initiatives.
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