Report of the
Ad Hoc Working Group on
Environmental Education and Training

To the Federal Coordinating Committee on
Science, Engineering, and Technology's (FCCSET)
Committee on Education and Training (CET)

September 17, 1993

PREFACE

"Environmental education is an integral learning tool that can
stimulate student interest and enhance the delivery of science
and mathematics."

Carol Browner, 1993
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - pg 1
2. INTRODUCTION
   • Clinton Administration and FCCSET CET Priorities- pg 4
   • Ad Hoc Working Group on Environmental Education and Training - pg 4
   • The Need for Environmental Education and Training - pg 5
3. DEVELOPING COMMON FEDERAL GOALS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
   • Defining Environmental Education and Training - pg 7
   • Mission, Goals, and Objectives - pg 8
4. ASSESSING FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS
   • Assessing the Preliminary Inventory - pg 9
   • Observations About Federal Environmental Education and Training Programs - pg 10
   • Examples of Federal Environmental Education and Training Programs - pg 12
     • Department of Agriculture - pg 12
     • Department of Commerce/NOAA - pg 12
     • Department of Defense - pg 13
     • Department of Education - pg 13
     • Department of Energy - pg 14
     • Department of Health and Human Services - pg 14
     • Department of the Interior - pg 14
     • Environmental Protection Agency - pg 15
     • National Aeronautics and Space Administration - pg 15
     • National Science Foundation - pg 16
     • Smithsonian Institution - pg 16
     • Tennessee Valley Authority - pg 16
   • Meeting Gaps and Needs - pg 17
   • Constraints to Improving Federal Environmental Education and Training Programs - pg 19
5. BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS- pg 21
6. NEXT STEPS- pg 21