THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESSES OF THE INTERNATIONAL HOLISTIC TOURISM EDUCATION CENTRE - IHTEC AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PEACE GARDENS. The IHTEC Curriculum Design into the 21st Century was to try and reduce Climate Change and to help teachers and students with Global Sustainability Education. TIME LINE OF ACHIEVEMENTS: 1988 - 2018 After IHTECs closure past members of IHTEC are continuing the work of IHTEC and their ISPG’s. To accommodate the follow up, Julia as Vice-President Education, Council on Global Issues (CGI) now houses the follow up of IHTEC and all its programs including the Global Sustainability Education (GSE) within the Council on Global Issues, registered as a Not For Profit. INTRODUCTION 1. 1988: October 23 - 27; Julia Morton travelled from Goolwa, South Australia, to attend the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) “First Global Conference - Tourism as a Vital Force for Peace” held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In December 1988 she returned from South Australia to live in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. 2. 1988: October 25; George Kibedi International Consultants. Julia met at the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) conference “Tourism as a Vital Force Peace” held in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. 3. 1988: December 19; George Keibidi, World Tourism Organization, emailed Ms. Morton to thank her re the paper called “Method of Co-Operation with government for progress on land use and environmental issues”. Julia thanked him from Goolwa, South Australia, Australia. 4. 1988: December 13, Julia returned to live with Fraser Marr, in Mississauga, Ontario 1 Canada. During the next few years she continued studying Tourism and Peace. 1991 5. 1991, Julia Morton-Marr had completed an un-published core-curriculum paper called “Holistic Tourism Education” via the distance education using UNIX through the University of Toronto for her Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) at the University of South Australia. The outcome of this paper showed an urgent need for an another paper that could be called ‘Education into the 21st Century” with a focus involving the global commons, especially with the changes expected due to sea-level rise and the greenhouse effect due to climate change. {Academic papers projected a problem with sea level rise, as early 1976 (Graefe A. R.) and again in 1983 (Hoffman J S, Keyes D, Titus J G)}. The outcome of this research was the “School Peace Gardens” 6. The School Peace Gardens concept began on Julia Morton-Marr’s kitchen table in Mississauga. It was developed out of three aspects: a. Julia’s 18 years of Junior Primary teaching and Music Consulting with the Education Department of South Australia and in the Northern Territory, b. Julia’s previous studies (1985-1988) on a local - global micro-cosm on Sir Richard Peninsula, Goolwa, South Australia. This was done with as part of geography of tourism and urban planning research at the University of South Australia with John Braendler. c. Ideas on Peace Through Tourism from attending the IIPT First Global Conference on Peace Through tourism. The combined result was developed into a ‘core’ curriculum for training teachers into “Education into the 21st Century” as a document which was sent to the University of South Australia. This was done on early computers on UNIX through the University of Toronto. This was before the world wide web. 7. 1991: Julia took the idea of School Peace Gardens, where the focus was on the environment, inter-cultural understanding, tourism as a vital force for peace, to the librarian at Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. They sent her to the Etobicoke Board of Education, when the Director sent her on to visit Eric Foster, Principal of West Humber Collegiate Institute, Etobicoke, Ontario which was the first Environmental Secondary High School, in Canada. 8. 1991: At West Humber Collegiate Institute, Eric Foster and his staff decided to establish the first ‘School Peace Garden’ between the bus stop and the front door of the school. The grove of 12 trees represented the 12 Provinces and Territories across Canada. Along with two ‘Friendship Benches’ and the ‘Path of peace” it helped to reduce the violence and vandalism by 60% over the next 6 months. This was done as ‘infusion’ education, which said, ‘This school is a place of peace’. 9. 1991: Early discussions with Evergreen Foundation who were focussed on school ground naturalization by digging up concrete, nurturing the soil and teaching teachers and students to plant native species. Julia suggested to the founder Lindsay Taylor, that they needed to consider including urban planning in all aspects of their work. 1992 2 10. 1992: Annual; Julia was involved with the IIPT, with their project ‘PEACE PARKS ACROSS CANADA’ which resulted in 400 dedicated Peace Parks in Municipalities. Each Park or Garden consists of a grove of 12 trees representing Canada's 10 provinces and 2 territories. 11. 1992: October 8; Julia was present for the opening ceremony of the ‘Reconciliation: The Peacekeeping Monument’ in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The monument was tribute to the Canadian men and women who serve as international peacekeepers and to Canada’s commitment to world peace. The entire project was sponsored by the Department of National Defence and the National Capital Commission. 12. 1992: October ??: Julia Morton-Marr’s planted a first peace tree for the International School Peace Gardens program (ISPG) program was planted at St. Peter’s Church, Erindale Mississauga, Ontario, with Rev. Stephen Booth and Rev Jennifer Reid and the children of the Sunday School. The existing tree was donated by historian Tommy Adamson. Many people who visited the church from all over the world, have connected with the ISPG program and taken it home to their country. 13. 1992: November 16; Julia Morton-Marr, presented her water concepts to the ‘Waterfront Regeneration Trust’ for the ‘Lake Ontario Greenway Strategy’ from IIPT Peace Parks Across Canada and from Julia’s education for the 21st Century. Julia used the term ‘Watershed Peace Pathways’ later as a program under the IHTEC methodology for protecting water pollution and conservation. 1993 14. 1993: March 2; Julia Morton-Marr was invited by the ‘Waterfront Regeneration Trust’ to a workshop on “Peace Parks: Opportunities in the Lake Ontario Greenway” located in Toronto on March 2nd, 1993. Loius D’Amore, President of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) conducted the workshop for representative of municipalities, conservation authorities, other agencies, and non-governmental organizations to explore opportunities to dedicate peace parks in Lake Ontario Greenway. 15. 1993: April 16 to 17; Julia Morton-Marr was invited to the 1993 Annual General Meeting and Symposium by Ontario Research Council on Leisure at Brock University/ Parkway Suites St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada. 16. 1993: June; Julia Morton-Marr, Eric Foster, Heather Goodson at West Humber Collegiate Institute further developed the School Peace Gardens program with students of York University, Faculty of Environmental Studies, were involved during the summer. 17. 1993: September; `School Peace Gardens' in included in the "Teyoyagon Revisited - A Field Guide to the Humber Valley" produced by the students of York University and Staff of West Humber. Staff at West Humber also produced lessons plans as part of the School Peace Gardens concept. 1994 18. 1994: February 15; The launch of Ontario's Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR), a Peace Tree was presented to the Premier, the Hon. Robert (Bob) Rae, linking the EBR to the 3 School Peace Gardens. Eric Foster held at West Humber Collegiate Institute, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. The EBR was the first of its kind in the world. Julia was introduced to Premier Bob Rae. 19. 1994: March 8; Submission to Etobicoke Board of Education re the ISPG program with Eric Foster, Principal West Humber Colliegiate Institute. See booklet. 20. 1994: July 18; B’nai Brith Canada, a Jewish Volunteer organization that defends human rights, fights racism, bigotry, and anti-Semitism, stated that they support the ‘SchoolPeace Garden Project’ based on the information package from IIPT Peace Parks across Canada detailing the project which was provided by Julia. 21. 1994: August; Visited Auckland, New Zealand and distributed ISPG brochures to elementary school teachers at a conference at the Auckland hotel where I stayed. Held a meeting with Tourism Professor Chris Ryan, from Canada. 22. 1994: It was then suggested to Julia by Eric Foster and his staff, that Julia apply to the UN/50 Canadian Committee for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations (UNAC), to be part of the United Nations Day in Schools in 1994-95 23. 1994: September 27; The IIPT School Peace Gardens project was registered with the UN/50 Canadian Committee for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations. It was immediately approved on September 28 by Gary Sealey at UNAC in Ottawa. Now the work began of connecting with all the Canadian Government educational Ministries and School Boards. See letters of support. Early discussions continued with Eric Foster, Louis J. D’Amore, indicating that we should invite schools in Canada to dedicate an existing garden or plant a new one as a peace garden. A registration form, suggested dedication ceremony and curriculum content was included with the first kit of teacher resource materials. The project was accepted and UNAC published an article in the resource pages of the three “UNAC Day in Schools” booklets that went to every school in Canada. 24. 1994: Kathryn M. Missert, the coordinator of International School Peace Gardens in the New York State, sent a proposal for the request of grant money to help fund IHTEC to help spread the work of the International School Peace Garden Project in Canada and other parts of the world.