Environmental Education: Perspectives and Prospectives. Key Findings and Major Recommendations.

Overview & Synopsis

This publication is a report of an Environmental Education Conference sponsored by the Alliance for Environmental Education and Western Regional Environmental Education Council at Snowmass, Colorado. The purpose of the conference was to study the progress of environmental education throughout the nation, to report the major concerns, and to make recommendations to best solve existing problems. Participants from the entire country served on the different conference committees. Concerns reported include the relationships of environmental education to the federal and state governments; business, industry, and labor; elementary, secondary, and higher education; information services; communications and dissemination; private environmental organizations; and leadership in environmental education. Committee reports are included in the publication and are organized, by concern, into findings and recommendations. Included at the end of the conference report is a listing of the different committees and participants. (MA)