1. Introduction

The presence of countless degraded environments is clear evidence of the need for increased public concern and understanding about the environment. To minimise further degradation and to improve environmental quality now and in the future, we need to assure that people think and act in an environmentally responsible manner. To foster this sense of responsibility, environmental education (EE) can be used as a tool.

A general aim of EE is to encourage and assist societies in conserving the integrity and diversity of nature, and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. The promotion of values and ethics through education at different levels can have an impact on people's lifestyles and behaviour, which helps to build a sustainable future.

EE can be seen as a process in which individuals gain awareness of their environment and acquire and exchange the knowledge, values, skills and experiences, and also the determination which will enable them to act -individually and collectively- to solve present and future environmental problems. Sound EE efforts strengthen people’s own knowledge, capabilities and expertise. EE is a two-way process, which means that dialogue is an essential precondition for success. Empowering communities to participate in the environmental management of their surroundings is one of the essential results of good EE.

2. Planning and monitoring EE programmes

In the field of EE, several actors are active: governments, educational institutions, NGOs, and community groups. The collaboration of different actors, representing different sectors of society, advances the changes of success in EE. Furthermore, there is a diversity of realities to be addressed in different parts of the world. Environmental issues manifest themselves in several ways. Societies are never the same, political structures differ, and economic conditions diverge tremendously. Given such facts and given that EE is itself an interactive process involving different actors, EE-programmes cannot be standardised.

However, every EE-programme consists of several stages: identification, design, objectives, and plan of education, implementation and evaluation. In each of the different stages different needs can emerge. As an aid to planning and identifying the best partners the following checklist for planning and monitoring EE-programmes is suggested.

Checklist for planning and monitoring Environmental Education programmes

1. Identification

· The first idea is formulated into a concise initial rough design, including items like “background”, “objectives”, and “results”.

· The general situation, habits and concerns of the people involved are roughly investigated.

· The involved parties have determined their own questions, knowledge, and priorities.

2. Design

· The project is divided into small-scale pilot projects.

· Expected (economic and social) benefits for the people involved are defined.

· Environmental issues addressed are thoroughly investigated.

· Experts are consulted in the programme design.

Objectives

Objectives are clear, precise and well defined;

Objectives are practical and realistic

The number of objectives is limited (maximum 3);

Objectives are elaborated into measurable indicators.

Plan of Action

Education and communication are integrated in wider approach;

Local leaders are involved;

Local knowledge, culture and skills are integrated;

Clear decision-making procedures agreed upon by all people involved;

Financial resources are verified;

Fixed responsibilities for all participants;

Indicators for monitoring and evaluation stated;

Moments of evaluation, monitoring and feedback are designed in stages;

Questions of all involved in the programmes are answered;

Roles and responsibilities of each involved (team)member are defined;

Step-by-step plan of action is formulated;

Objectives are clear, precise and well defined;

Objectives are practical and realistic

The number of objectives is limited (maximum 3);

Objectives are elaborated into measurable indicators.

3. Implementation

· Action of all people involved is generated.

· Responsibility and role of the local community is confirmed.

· Messages, materials and other instruments are developed in co-operation with the involved community groups.

· Assistance, encouragement, and support of all involved people are organised.

· Project managers are physically present and available.

· Progress is monitored at pre-defined intervals.

· Regular feedback of monitoring results is ensured.

4. Evaluation

· Final results are assessed.

· Each step and stage is evaluated.

· Strengths and weaknesses are named and reported.

· Responsibilities are transferred.

· Recommendations and suggestions for new programmes are formulated.

(Source: Reviving Links. Hemert, H., Wiertsema, W. and M. van Yperen, 1995, Both ENDS/SME MilieuAdviseurs/IUCN)

3. Useful Contacts

Donors

· Barbara Delano Foundation (USA)

The Barbara Delano Foundation is a San Francisco-based foundation devoted to the protection of wildlife, its habitats and improving humankind's treatment of animals. One of their aims is to reduce consumption of rare wildlife and enhance wildlife-people interactions through educational activities.

Contact information:

Address: 450 Pacific Avenue, Suite 201, CA 94133, San Francisco, California, USA

Phone: +1-415-974.0463

Fax: +1-415-974-0473

E-mail: bdfoundation@usa.net

Homepage: http://www.bdfoundation.org

· Blacksmith Institute (USA)

This organisation finances projects that are intended to solve specific pollution-based environmental problems. The focus is on problems in countries that are indicated as LDC's according to World Bank/UNDP lists.

Contact information:

Address: Two Park Avenue, 29th Floor, NY 10016, New York, USA

Phone: +1-646-7420200

Fax: +1-212-7798044

E-mail: info@blacksmithinstitute.org

Homepage: http://www.blacksmithinstitute.org

· Caritas International

Caritas International is a confederation of 154 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations present in 198 countries and territories. They support world-wide long-term development programs in impoverished communities that help oppressed people to rediscover their dignity by taking greater control over their lives. These development programs are designed and managed by local partners.

Contact information:

Address: Palazzo San Calisto, 00120 Vatican City, Italy

Phone: +39-6-698 797 99

Fax: +39-6- 698 87 237

E-mail: caritas.internationalis@caritas.va

Homepage: http://www.caritas.org

· Danish Red Cross (Denmark)

One of the largest Danish humanitarian organisations. They focus on consciousness-raising of the rural population and finance development projects concerned with environmental education.

Contact information:

Address: P.O. Box 2600,

2100 Copenhagen , Denmark

Phone: +45-35-259200

Fax: +45-35-259292

E-mail: drc@redcross.dk

Homepage: http://www.redcross.dk

· Earth Preservation Fund (USA)

EPF is a traveller-funded conservation organisation in the USA. The Fund supports international community-based projects. Grants are typically less than US $500 annually.

Contact Information:

Address: 107 April Dr., Suite 3,

MI 48103, Ann Arbor, USA

Phone: +1-734-665.4407

Fax: +1-734-665.2945

E-mail: info@earthpreservation.org

Homepage: http://www.earthpreservation.org

· Farm-Africa (United Kingdom)

The purpose of Farm-Africa (Food and Agriculture Research and Management) is to make a lasting difference to very poor rural African farmers and herders by providing practical help to enable them to provide more food for their families and ensure their future. In all projects they place emphasis on working in partnership with the local people and organisations in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania. They also support government Ministries of Agriculture and provide training for their field staff.

Contact information:

Address: 9-10 Southampton Place,

Bloomsbury, WC1A 2EA, London,

United Kingdom

Phone: +44-20-743.00.440

Fax: +44-20-743.00.460

Email: farmafrica@farmafrica.org.uk

Homepage: http://www.farmafrica.org.uk/

· Friends of Conservation (United Kingdom/USA)

Friends of Conservation supports community conservation projects worldwide and is involved in wildlife conservation, tourist education, and schools education. FOC participates in projects around the world where local communities share their ecosystem with endangered species.

Contact information:

Address UK: Riverbank House, 1 Putney, Bridge Approach, SW6 3JD,

London, United Kingdom

Phone: +44-20-773.17.803

Fax: +44-20-773.18.213

Email: info@foc-uk.com

Homepage: http://www.foc-uk.com

Address USA: 1520 Kensington Road,

Suite 201, Oak Brook, IL 60523, USA
Phone: +1-630-954.3388

Fax: +1-630-954.1016
E-mail: ncooke@abercrombiekent.com

· Fundaçao o Boticário de Proteçáo à Natureza (Brazil)

The Boticário Foundation for Nature Protection is financing environmental education within three subprograms, but only for environmental projects in Brazil. These subprograms are: Natural Protected Areas Program, the Research and Protection of Wildlife Program, and the Green Areas Program.

Contact information:

Post address: Avenida Rui Barbosa, 3450, CEP 83065-260, São José dos Pinhais PR, Brazil

Phone: +55 41 381 7000

Fax: +55-41-382-4179

E-mail: miguelm@boticario.c om.br

Homepage: http://www.fbpn.org.br

· Future Earth/Framtidsjorden (Sweden)

Swedish organisation which support projects on urban and rural development and organic production in developing countries.

Contact information:

Address: Solidaritetshuset, Tegelviksgatan 40, 116 41, Stockholm, Sweden

Phone: +46-8-6150080

Fax: +46-8-6150090

Email: f-earth@algonet.se

Homepage: http://www.framtidsjorden.se

· Global Greengrants Fund (USA)

The mission of the Global Greengrants Fund is to help protect the global environment by strengthening the grassroots environmental movement in developing countries with small grants. The Global Greengrants Fund supports a wide range of community-based initiatives that protect the environment. Grants of up to $5000 are given to grassroots groups with well-organised local campaigns where a small amount can make a significant difference.

Contact information:

2840 Wilderness Place, Suite E,

CO 80301, Boulder, USA

Phone: +1-303-939.9866

Fax: +1-303-939.9867

E-mail: info@greengrants.org

Homepage:

http://www.greengrants.org

· Hanns Seidel Stiftung (Germany)

The Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) is a non-profit organisation committed to promote the values of humanism through educational activities, focusing particularly on environmental education.

Contact information:

Post address: Lazarettstr. 33, 80636

München, Germany

Phone: +49-89-1258253

Fax: +49-89-1258356

E-mail: info@hss.de

Homepage: http://www.hss.de

· Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (Japan)

The Keidanren Fund supports nature conservation projects in developing countries. They give priority to the Asia Pacific Region.

Contact information:

Address: 4F, Otemachi Financial Center 1-5-4, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku,

100-0004 Tokyo, Japan

Phone: +81-3-3212.8220

Fax: +81-3-3212.8222

Email: LET06306@nifty.ne.jp

Homepage : http://www.keidanren.or.jp/kncf/eng_index.html

Applications: hirami@sumitomotrust.co.jp

· Nando Peretti Foundation (Switzerland)

The Foundation supports programs that benefit health, the environment and animals, with emphasis on children's health and education. The foundation has a strong commitment to the voluntary, non profit sector.

Contact information:

Address: Wengistrasse 7, 8026, Zürich, Switzerland

Email: info@nandoperettifound.org

Homepage:

http://www.nandoperettifound.org

· Nepenthes (Denmark)

Nepenthes is an environmental organization working for the sustainable use of forests around the world. Their goal is to make room for both nature and people, and the work is therefore done in close cooperation with indigenous peoples and other environmental organizations.

Contact information:

Address: Odensegade 4B, Postboks 5102, 8100, Aarhus, Denmark

Phone: +45-86-135232

Fax: +45-86-125149

Email: info@nepenthes.dk

Homepage: http://www.nepenthes.dk

· New England Biolabs Foundation (USA)

The Foundation's funding priorities are targeted to environmental issues, with special interest in EE for teachers. Proposals from (or about) communities in developing countries where even a small dollar amount can make a tremendous impact are encouraged. Grants range from US$ 500 to US$ 30,000 with an average of US$ 8,000. They prefer to fund grassroots organisations and/or projects.

Contact information:

32 Tozer Rd., MA 01915, Beverly, USA

Phone: +1-978-927-2404

Fax:+1-978-921-1350

E-mail: kellett@nebf.org

Homepage: http://www.nebf.org/principles.html

· Oro Verde (Germany)

Oro Verde’s aim is to foster the protection and conservation of tropical forests in combination with sustainable development practices. It provides funds for initiatives that are geared towards afforestation, environmental education and training, income generating of forest, developing economic methods which protect the forest, and the creation of protected areas.

Contact information:

Post address: Radilostraße 17-19, 60489, Frankfurt/Rödelheim, Germany

Phone: +49-69-609195-0

Fax: +49-69-620979

E-mail: info@oroverde.de

Homepage: http://www.oroverde.de

· Oz GREEN (Australia)

Oz GREEN is short for the Global Rivers Environmental Educaton Network, Australia. They are a non-government, non-profit organisation, aligned to no political party or lobbying group. They are committed to positive change in the environment, particularly in improving the quality of water through community-based projects in a local, national and international context.

Contact information:

Address: 697 Pittwater Road, PO Box 1378, NSW 2099, DEE WHY, Australia

Phone: +61-2-9984.8917

Fax: +61-2-9981.4956

Email: ozgreen@ozgreen.org.au

Homepage: http://www.ozgreen.org.au

· SeedTree (United States)

A small organisation, which finances, and/or helps in the set-up, of small-scale projects. Besides protecting forest ecosystems, EE is one of their activities.

Contact information:

Address: RR 2 Box 802, West Cape,

Stockton Springs, MN 04981, USA

Phone: +1-207-567-3056

Email: info@seedtree.org

Homepage: http://www.seedtree.org

· Swedish Cooperative Centre (Sweden)

The SCC is an NGO for the provision of support to self-help development initiatives (cooperatives, farmers’ associations and informal groups) in developing countries.

Contact information:

Address: St Göransgatan 160 A, Box 30214, 104 25, Stockholm, Sweden

Phone: +46-8-6574700

Fax: +46-8-6578515

Email: info@swecoop.se

Homepage: http://www.swecoop.se

· Tróciare (Ireland)

Trócaire is the Irish Catholic Agency for World Development. It supports local NGOs in developing countries and, through partnerships, long-term solution-oriented projects are implemented.

Contact information:

Address: 169 Booterstown Avenue,

Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Phone: +353-1-288.53.85

Fax: +353-1-288.35.77

E-mail: info@trocaire.ie

Homepage: http://www.trocaire.org

· Turner Foundation (United States)

The Turner Foundation Inc. provides large funds to projects dedicated to preventing damage to the natural systems: water, air, and land (with particular emphasis on locally developed strategies for private and public lands).

Contact information:

Address: One CNN Center, Suite 1090 South Tower, GA 30303, Atlanta, USA

Phone: +1-404-681-9900

Fax: +1-404-681-0172

E-mail: info@turnerfoundation.org

Homepage: http://www.turnerfoundation.org

· United States Fish and Wildlife Service (United States)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is an agency of the government, whose goal is to assist countries to become self-sufficient in their capacity to manage their biological resources. It funds projects such as education and training in the management of biological resources, community-level environmental education, and activities on grassroots-level for the sustained use and conservation of natural resources.

Contact information:

1120 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 900, DC 20036, Washington DC, USA

Phone: +1-202-857.01.66

Fax: +1-202-857.01.62

E-mail: info@nfwf.org

Homepage: http://www.fws.gov

International information contact:

· Powerful Information (United Kingdom)

Their primary aim is to support local environmental initiatives, which promote sustainable development and strengthen civil society. PI works with locally based NGOs and key institutions involved in community development, public education and environmental regulation.

Contact information:

Address: City Discovery Centre, Bradwell Abbey, MK13 9AP,

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Phone: +44-1908-320033

Fax: +44-1908-320033

E-mail: admin@powerfulinformation.org

Homepage: http://www.powerfulinformation.org

Regional information contact:

Central and Eastern Europe

· The Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) (Hungary)

On their website, a handy directory of funding sources can be found, with all kind of institutions that provide funding for environmental NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe. Furthermore, a Library Catalogue and a web site on networking in South Eastern Europe (environmental NGO electronic networks) can be found on the site.

Contact information:

Address: Ady Endre út 9-11, 2000 Szentendre, Hungary

Phone: +36-26-311.199

Fax: +36-26-311.294

E-mail: info@rec.org

Homepage: http://www.rec.org

Latin America

· El Güis Boletin Informativo del SIMAS (Nicaragua)

The NGO SIMAS (Mesoamerican Information Service for Sustainable Agriculture), publishes a monthly information letter: El Güis. El Güis is an information bulletin that contributes to the sharing of experiences between different environmental NGO’s. Furthermore, it reviews events and (technical) information concerning sustainable development. SIMAS also runs an information centre.

Contact information:

Servicio de Información Mesoamericano sobre Agricultura Sostenibles (SIMAS)

Address: Costado Oeste Parque El Carmen, Managua, Nicaragua

Phone: +505-2-680020/2-682302

Fax: +505-2-682144

E-mail: simas@ibw.com.ni

cicutec@sdnnic.org.ni

· Mosaico, La Revista Ambiental Educativa Publicacion Mensual de Casa de la Paz (Chile)

Casa de la Paz (House of Peace) aims to contribute to sustainable development by promoting environmental education and citizen participation and by the prevention and resolution of environmental conflicts. A monthly journal on environmental education is published (see also the website).

Contact information:

Contact person: Janet Velozo

Casa de la Paz,

Address: Antonia Lopez de Bello 80, Santiago, Chile

Phone: +56-2-7374280

Fax: +56-2-7775065

E-mail: casapaz@casapaz.cl

Homepage: http://www.casapaz.cl

· Centro de Documentación e Información Bolivia (CEDIB). (Bolivia)

Information and documentation centre.

Contact information:

Homepage: http://www.cedib.org

· Liga de Defensa del Medio Ambiente (Lidema) (Bolivia)

Lidema is an NGO which has as objective to educate and inform the public about the environment and to set up a network for this purpose. The organisation unites 27 environmental organisations. They publish a journal called ‘Habitat’, which includes a lot of information about environmental themes.

Contact information:

Address: Av. Ecuador 2131, Casilla 11237, La Paz, Bolivia

Phone: +591-2-419393 / 416044

Fax: +591-2-412322

Email: lidema@mail.megalink.com

Homepage: http://www. lidema.org

· CLAES (Uruguay)

The Centro Latino Americano de Ecologia Social is an NGO dedicated to investigation, promotion and action of social ecology. The web-site includes links to on-line bulletins.

Contact information:

Address: Canelones 1164,Casilla de Correo 13125, Montevideo 11700, Uruguay

Telephone: +598-2-9022362 / 9022363

Fax: +598-2-2001908

E-mail: claes@internet.com.uy

Homepage: http://www.ambiental.net/claes

Africa

· Ground Up

Ground Up is the quarterly magazine of PELUM (Participatory Ecological Land-Use Management). The magazine makes use of the PELUM network of some 120 local organisations from nine eastern and southern African countries, bringing together a huge variety of topics from the entire region. The magazine is not entirely focused on EE, however it contains a lot of useful information.

Contact information:

PELUM Association
Address: Box MP 1059 Mt Pleasant,
Harare, Zimbabwe
Fax: +263-4-7444 70
E-mail: pelum@internet.co.zw

· EEMail

The EEMail is an initiative from the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It is a resource for all environmental educators in the southern African region and can be read on their website. Also, support towards environmental education in the southern African region can be found. Besides EEMail and an EE network, you have access to over 1800 titles of literature, journals, etc. about EE. (Click on “resources”, and afterwards on “database of publications”).
Contact information:

Homepage:

http://www.sadc-reep.org.za

Asia

· SASEANEE

The South and South East Asia Network for Environmental Education. They work towards improving the quality and reach of environmental education and communication in the region, through an information service, regional level meetings and seminars, capacity building and the development of resources.

Contact information:

E-mail: ceeindia@vsnl.com

Homepage:http://www.saseanee.org/activites.htm

· Center for Science and Environment (CSE) (India)

CSE is the Centre for Science and Environment located in India.. (Click on EE) The Environment Education Unit targets school, college and university students, as well as interested educators and parents. It aims at producing quality resource material and programmes.

Contact information:

41, Institutional Area Tughlakabad,

110 062, New Delhi, India

Phone: +91-11-698.11.10

Fax: +91-11-698.58.79

E-mail: webadmin@cseindia.org

Homepage: http://www.cseindia.org

· Environment Education Centre (India)

The Environment Education Centre has been set up by the C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation to raise consciousness and knowledge of the environment and the major environmental problems facing India today. The site contains all kind of information and resource materials for EE.

Contact information:

The C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation

#1, Eldams Road, Alwarpet, 600 018, Chennai (Madras), India

Phone : +91-44-4341778 / 4346526 Fax : +91-44-4320756

E-mail : cpreec@vsnl.com

Homepage : http://cpreec.org

· Pusat Pendidikan Linkungan Hidup (PPLH) (Indonesia)

Pusat Pendidikan Lingkungan Hidup (Environmental Education Center) is a non-governmental and non-profit organization which is working in the field of environmental education and community assistance. They have offices in Puntondo (South East Sulawesi),Seloliman (East Java), and Bali. The activities in Puntondo are mainly towards coastal management, Seloliman is dedicated to agriculture, and Bali has a focus on agriculture, waste management, marine subjects, and wildlife.

Contact information:

Address PPLH Puntondo South Sulawesi: Jl. Serigala No. 122, P.O. Box 1650, Makassar, Indonesia

Phone/Fax: +62-411-858202

E-mail Puntondo: pplhsuls@indosat.net.id/

E-mail Seloliman: pplh@sby.centrin.net.id

E-mail Bali: PPLHBali@denpasar.wasantara.net.id Homepages: http://www.forumms.com/pplhhome.htm

http://www.pplhbali.or.id/english/index.html

· The Sri Lanka Environmental Television Project (SLETP) (Sri Lanka)

SLETP is a non-profit, educational service dedicated to effectively using the audio-visual and electronic media - Television, Video and Internet - to enhance awareness on environment and development issues.

Contact information:

Homepage: http://www.sletp.org

4. Further Reading

Agenda 21, Chapter 36: Promoting Education, Public Awareness and Training. UNCED, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992.

Education, public awareness raising and training are linked to virtually all subjects of Agenda 21. The chapter explains broad proposals, while specific suggestions related to sectoral issues are contained in other chapters.

Agenda 21 can be found on the internet: http://www.igc.org/habitat/agenda21

Caring for the Earth - A Strategy for Sustainable Living. IUCN/UNEP/WWF, 1991, Gland, Switzerland.

This document is intended for use in policy and decision-making at various levels. Part I defines principles to guide the way toward sustainable societies. Part II describes corresponding priority actions that are required in relation to the main areas of human activity and some of the major components of the biosphere. Part III proposes guidelines to help users to adapt the strategy to their needs and capabilities to implement it.

The document can be found on the internet: http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~vern/caring/caring.html

Environmental Education: an approach to sustainable development. Schneider, H. (ed.), 1993, Paris, France.

The report illustrates the widening of the perspective from the conservationist approach to the broader concept of education for sustainable development. An overview of actors and approaches presents a variety of experiences from around the world, complemented by experiences still evolving in selected OECD countries and in major NGOs. It outlines experiences, and of ten specific cases from Africa, Asia and Latin America, the report outlines requirements for more effective approaches to EE.

Planning Environmental Communication and Education, Lessons from Asia. S. Saeed, W. Goldstein and R.K. Shrestha (eds.), 1998, IUCN (CEC).
Provides an overview of environmental communication and education practice and lessons from Asian governments, NGOs and the media. Drawing from papers at the IUCN, UNESCO, UNEP organised workshop for Asian Environment Ministries and Partners held in 1996, the text provides examples of government communication strategies, government interaction with NGOs, strategies for orienting formal education to environment, and NGO programs.

Available in the United States and Canada from ‘Island Press’, also available from the ‘IUCN Asia Regional Office’, Thailand.

Reviving Links, NGO experiences in environmental education and peoples’ participation in environmental policies. Hemert, H., Wiertsema, W. and M. van Yperen, 1995, Both ENDS/SME MilieuAdviseurs/IUCN.

This book reviews experiences of various non-governmental organisations from all regions of the world that are working in this field. Determinants for success are identified and elaborated into guidelines for environmental education activities. Recognising that one of these determinants is the need to ground initiatives in local reality, these guidelines are presented only as tips to support the planning and implementation of environmental education programmes. Such programmes are not only the responsibility of NGOs but of other sectors of society as well, the importance of collaboration in developing such activities is also addressed. It is a practical and accessible textbook, valuable for everyone involved in planning and executing environmental education programmes.

The NGO Alternative Treaties and the NGO Treaty Process. 5 - Treaty on Environmental Education for Sustainable Societies and Global Responsibility. INGOF/CCIC/ISI, 1994, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Education Treaty sets out principles of environmental education for equitable and sustainable societies. Next it outlines a plan of action, co-ordinating, monitoring and evaluating systems, groups to be involved, and resources to be allocated.

On the internet the document can be found on: http://www.igc.org/csdngo/alttreaties/AT05.htm

Workshop towards a South and Southeast Asia Network for Environmental Education (SASEANEE)- Recommendations CEE/NFD, 1993, Ahmedabad, India,.

The first SASEANEE Workshop was held in February 1993 in India, with the participation of over 200 delegates from sixteen countries. SASEANEE (www.saseanee.org) aims to fulfil a need for greater exchange and more synergy in the field of EE in the region. The publication summarises the discussions at the workshop in the form of recommendations for action.

The publication can be ordered by sending an e-mail to: ceeindia@vsnl.com

5. Information Sources on the Internet

· http://eelink.net

Environmental Education Resources on the Internet. Links to grants for environmental education, organisations & projects, environmental information, net services to familiarise you with the internet and professional resources. EE-Link is a project of the North American Association for Environmental Education. (http://naaee.org)

· http://www.dse.nl/nme/zoek.htm

Environmental education projects around the world use the internet as a source of information or a way to exchange experiences. On this site you will find a selection of all that is available (click: “NME projecten Internationaal”) or search at http://www.dse.nl/nme/int-projects.htm).

Furthermore, you find the goals and activities of several international environmental (education) organisations (click: “organisaties Wereldwijd” or search at http://www.dse.nl/nme/int-organisations.htm).

Finally there are several sites for further information on nature, environment and sustainable development. (click: “diverse milieu-informatieve sites (Internationaal)” or search at http://www.dse.nl/nme/int-information.htm)

· http://www.unesco.org/education/environment/index.shtml

Site about the activities organised by UNESCO, including an International directory of environmental education institutions (click: ’environment’).

· http://www.usaid.gov/environment/greencom

GreenCOM promotes the practice of environmental education and communication (EE&C) worldwide and conducts projects in USAID countries.

· http://www.ecoeduca.cl

This is an information site for environmental education in Latin America, oriented towards teachers, students, and general users. You can find internet sites, chat with other persons interested in EE, have access to teaching materials, look for words in the environmental dictionary etc.

· http://www.epa.gov/enviroed

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Environmental Education Web Site. This site is mainly focused on education in the US. They provide on-line educational resources by environmental topic.

(http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/selecteparesources.html), and internet sites

(http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/resources.html)

· http://www.ecoportal.net

Directory of environmental websites in Spanish, very extended database of EE web pages.

· http://cehcom.univali.br/educado

Brazilian web site with an interesting link (EA: Educação Ambiental) to all kind of different sources for EE information.

· http://www.seek.state.mn.us/eelinks.cfm

Seek is Minnesota’s interactive directory of environmental education resources.

· http://www.wri.org/enved

The World Resources Institute, education centre. It had information about biodiversity education, global trends, and PowerPoint slideshows about several environmental topics can be found.