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Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for ...
Provides a set of recommendations for evaluating and selecting environmental education materials. G...
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Environmental Education Resources for Teachers
This guide focuses on resources for teaching K-12 students about the environmental effects of pollut...
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Environmental Studies in the K-12 Classroom: A Tea...
Results of a survey of teachers on environmental education.
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Sustainable Development Toolkit
Description of how sustainability relates to education. Links to Kit to help schools and communities...
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Tbilisi Declaration
Declaration adopted at first intergovernmental conference on environmental education.
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Youth Education - Background and Overview Links

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Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence
Abstract: Provides a set of recommendations for evaluating and selecting environmental education materials. Guidelines can also help educators develop activity guides, lesson plans, and other instructional materials.
Source: NAAEE
Resource Type: Manual/handbook/curriculum

Environmental Education Resources for Teachers
Abstract: This guide focuses on resources for teaching K-12 students about the environmental effects of pollution and waste and strategies for improving the environment. It includes links to classroom activities, background and policy information, standards, and reference sources that teachers can use to develop their own environmental education lesson plans.
Source: Illinois Waste Management and Research Center
Resource Type: Web site

Environmental Studies in the K-12 Classroom: A Teacher's View [PDF]
Abstract: Results of a survey of teachers on environmental education.
Source: NAAEE
Resource Type: Fact sheet/checklist

Sustainable Development Toolkit
Abstract: Description of how sustainability relates to education. Links to Kit to help schools and communities develop a process for creating locally relevant and culturally appropriate education. This Toolkit is based on the idea that communities and educational systems need to dovetail their sustainability efforts.
Source: Education for Sustainable Development
Resource Type: Manual/handbook/curriculum

Tbilisi Declaration
Abstract: Declaration adopted at first intergovernmental conference on environmental education.
Source: GDRC
Resource Type: Fact sheet/checklist


Best of the Rest Links

Environmental Education and Environment-Based Education
Abstract: NEETF's Education and Environment (K-12) programs strive to build a strong connection between environmental education and the formal K-12 education sectors.
Source: The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
Resource Type: List

Environmental Education Topics
Abstract: Definition of environmental education with further links, and listing of teacher resources.
Source: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Resource Type: Fact sheet/checklist

Environmental Education: Background and History
Abstract: Describes components of environmental education and links to additional information.
Source: EPA
Resource Type: Fact sheet/checklist

NAAEE Conference
Abstract: Pre-workshop discussion on Total Environmental Education including reference to Dr. Bora Simmons.
Source: NAAEE
Resource Type: Fact sheet/checklist

Resources for Environmental Education
Abstract: A list of online EE resources, standards and terms, resources, and electronic field trips.
Source: Fish and Wildlife Service
Resource Type: Web site

Service Learning: Beyond the Classroom
Abstract: This booklet describes how students across the country are gaining hands-on awareness of waste reduction, recycling, and composting, through solid waste service-learning projects.
Source: EPA
Resource Type: Manual/handbook/curriculum

The Global Green Deal
Abstract: A positive article on how to change the course of human impacts on planet earth.
Source: Buckminster Fuller Institute
Resource Type: Fact sheet/checklist

Using Environment-Based Education to Advance Learning Skills and Character Development [PDF]
Abstract: Describes the efficacy of environment-based education in helping young people become lifelong learners and leaders.
Source: National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
Resource Type: Article/report

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