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unusual facts about environmental education



CPIE Bocage de l'Avesnois

The association aims to contribute to the sustainable development of the Arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe; it does this through nature conservation, environmental education and supporting local agents to carry out sustainable development.

Project Learning Tree

Project Learning Tree (PLT) was created in 1976, after passage of the first National Environmental Education Act in 1970 and celebration of the first Earth Day in 1970, raised the profile of environmental education in the United States.


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Aigas Field Centre

The centre was opened in 1977 by eminent ecologist Sir Frank Fraser Darling, and provides nature-based holidays for adults and environmental education services for school children.

Eduard von Falz-Fein

:5th class (13 September 2007) - for outstanding contribution to the preservation of Ukrainian heritage, and active participation in the development of conservation and environmental education activities at the Biosphere Reserve Askania-Nova, named FE Pfalz-Fein Ukrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Environmental Foundation for Africa

Liberia - Active in Bong, Grand Cape Mount, Lofa, Montserrado, and Nimba counties, EFA conducts environmental education and livelihood training in tree nursery management, agroforestry, and domestic energy conservation with an emphasis on war-affected populations.

Gordon School

Students' work with the pond and stream on campus, as well as nearby Narragansett Bay, has earned the school regional attention from environmental education groups.

Great Baikal Trail

In the summer of 2003, the first six teams of volunteers began work on trail construction with the support of the Baikal Nature Reserve, Zabaikalsky National Park, the community organization "Ust’e" from the village Bolshoe Goloustnoe, the club “LAT” from the city of Ulan-Ude, and the NGO "GRIN" School of Tourist-Environmental Education of Severobaikalsk.

PAST Foundation

The very first program, Garbology, built on the work of Dr. William Rathje of the Stanford University Archaeology Center and pivoted on the very real, global issues of waste management, drew national attention and was rewarded the Emerald Award for Excellence in Environmental Education.

Rock Eagle

It uses much of the adjoining land for a 4-H camp, with cottages and other buildings, and day and residential environmental education.

Ryland King

Over the past four years, Sprout Up, formerly known as Environmental Education for the Next Generation (EENG), has expanded from 25 college students at UCSB in five different classrooms, to four other California chapters: San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and Davis.

Windstar

Windstar Foundation, an environmental education organization founded by John Denver and Thomas Crum

YMCA International Camp, Nilshi, India

This wilderness retreat is used by Outdoor Development experts for environmental education and adventure sports, for corporate executive training, youth leadership building and conference programs, for Summer and Diwali camp programs, by social workers for informal education of local under-privileged children, and for spiritual retreats.