Perspectives Perspectives from from

Non-Formal Non-Formal Environmental Environmental

EducationEducation

Environmental Education Environmental Education is education that seeksis education that seeksto develop a population that has to develop a population that has the knowledge, skills, values, the knowledge, skills, values, and motivation to solve and motivation to solve environmental problems environmental problems and work and work for for sustainable developmentsustainable development

More than 100 More than 100

ENVIRONMENTAL NGO’SENVIRONMENTAL NGO’S

Major IssuesMajor Issues

- Solid Waste DisposalSolid Waste Disposal- Air PollutionAir Pollution- Water PollutionWater Pollution- Toxic substances and Toxic substances and - Hazardous Waste DisposalHazardous Waste Disposal- DeforestationDeforestation- Wildlife DepletionWildlife Depletion- Soil ErosionSoil Erosion- Mangrove/Coral Reef DeforestationMangrove/Coral Reef Deforestation- Indiscriminate Conversion Indiscriminate Conversion of Prime-Agriculturalof Prime-Agricultural- Lands into Non-Agricultural UsesLands into Non-Agricultural Uses

UN Decade of Education for UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Sustainable Development Themes:Themes:

- Overcoming PovertyOvercoming Poverty- Gender EqualityGender Equality- Health PromotionHealth Promotion- Environmental ConservationEnvironmental Conservation and Protectionand Protection- Rural Transformation- Rural Transformation

- - Human RightsHuman Rights

- Intercultural Understanding Intercultural Understanding

and Peaceand Peace

- Sustainable ProductionSustainable Production

- Cultural DiversityCultural Diversity

- Information and CommunicationInformation and Communication

TechnologiesTechnologies

Environmental Education (EE) Environmental Education (EE) ProgramsPrograms

-Institutional Development-Curriculum and Material Development-Research and Development-Training -Information, Education, Communication -And Social Advocacy-Scholarship-Upgrading of Facilities and Equipment-Policy Development and Reforms

1.1.Need for systematic, Need for systematic, deliberate program to cover deliberate program to cover all targeted clienteleall targeted clientele

Models: Models:

- SWARMPLANSWARMPLAN- CEAP for EE IntegrationCEAP for EE Integration- PATLEPAM for EIDPATLEPAM for EID

2.2.Database of agencies/Database of agencies/institutions on environment institutions on environment and EEand EE

3.3.EMB can focus on non-EMB can focus on non-formal EE while Dep-Ed formal EE while Dep-Ed should have an should have an office/section for EEoffice/section for EE

4. EMB’s materials should be 4. EMB’s materials should be systematically distributedsystematically distributed

4.4.More education for More education for sustainable developmentsustainable development

5.5.More EE for educatorsMore EE for educators

6.6.EE for leaders of society, EE for leaders of society, decision-makersdecision-makers

7.7.More EE for Grassroots More EE for Grassroots communities with focus on communities with focus on CBRMCBRM