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National Environmental Education

National Environmental Education. ESPM 4242 Brandon Berger. Overview. Problem Background Policy Stakeholders Evaluation Criteria Data Collected Policy Alternatives. Problem.

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National Environmental Education

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  1. National Environmental Education ESPM 4242 Brandon Berger

  2. Overview • Problem • Background • Policy • Stakeholders • Evaluation Criteria • Data Collected • Policy Alternatives

  3. Problem • A large number of Americans are completing school with a low level of environmental literacy and without a sense of responsibility for care of the environment, and this is a major barrier to improving the quality of the environment.

  4. Background: Policy • The National Environmental Education Act of 1970 (NEEA) • Established the Office of Environmental Education (OEE) under Dept. Health, Education & Welfare • Repealed in 1981 • NEEA 1990 • Re-established the OEE • Under the EPA

  5. Background: Policy • The Act charged the EPA with expanding the amount of environmental education opportunities to K-12 and college students in the U.S. • OEE works to achieve this through many programs and grants

  6. Background: Signals • Professionals concerned about lack of Environmental Education • Wide public support for legislation on the topic • Earth Day • 1970 • 20th Anniversary, 1990

  7. Background: Stakeholders • Large National Scale • School districts • Schools, Colleges & Universities • Communities • Students • Teachers

  8. Evaluation Criteria • Equity • Where, How & to Whom EE programs/courses are being offered? • Effectiveness • Are increases in sustainable behavior a direct result of EE? • Administrative Operability • Do State/Local offices or school districts have the authority and ability to implement programs developed by the OEE?

  9. Policy Alternatives • No Change • Affordable • Update EE to focus on current problems • Communicability • Simplicity & Compatibility • Local OEE • Cost • Flexibility • New Office to Measure Effectiveness • Costly, but could result in money saved • Complexity

  10. Secondary Data Collected: Case Study • Impact of sustainability education on behavior • Comparison of two graduate-level courses at Texas A&M University • Treatment: 22 students in a sustainable development course • Control: 28 students in a general graduate-level market analysis for developmentcourse (with no emphasis on sustainability) • Wide variety of backgrounds

  11. Secondary Data Collected: Case Study • Ecological Footprint Survey • 16 Questions • Given before & after the semester • Data from the surveys Provide a quantitative measure of sustainability that can be used for comparison • Food, Mobility, Shelter, Goods/Services

  12. National Average EF: 23.5

  13. Recommendations • Focus National Environmental Education on important issues of today. • Sustainable Behavior • Familiar Topics • Local • Goal Orientated

  14. Questions?

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