The United Nations General Assembly decided in 1979 to make 1985 International Youth Year (IYY). Several of the central themes of this year (participation, development, and peace) are directly concerned with education and action relative to an improved, sustainable environment, both natural and built. This issue of the Unesco-UNEP (United Nations…

This newsletter discusses the evaluation of environmental education (EE) in schools, highlighting an introductory chapter of a proposed Unesco-United Nations environmental program guide on evaluating such programs. The benefits of evaluating an EE program (including program improvement, growth in student learning, better environment, and program…

This newsletter describes eight International Environmental Education Program publications and lists titles of five others to be published. The goal of these publications (including sourcebooks and learning modules) is to provide individuals and institutions with the educational content and pedagogical guidelines permitting effective promotion and…