On the eve of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Fernando J.R. da Rocha challenged environmental philosophers to suggest and develop effective ways in which universities might engender ecological literacy and environmental ethics. The result was a preconference held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, the aim of which was to put the summit in philsophical perspective, inflence its outcome, and chart a new course linking environment and ethics thorugh university eduction.
