On this page you will find links to the major national and international documents on environmental learning and sustainability, as well as links to organizations in Canada and abroad that are undertaking environmental learning initiatives.

You will notice that these papers reflect different points of view on how educators think about environmental issues and sustainability. Some educators and organizations wish to support sustainable development as an ethic; others prefer a more community-based approach; still others favour a more ecologically-centred path to include movements like deep ecology and social justice.

Whatever their approach, each of their views comes with a unique language and terminology, which includes the ultimate goal of most environmental educators: to develop an ecologically literate and competent society through lifelong learning.

• StatsCan's Human Activity and the Environment
  StatsCan's Human Activity and the Environment (HAE) publications detail our impact on air, water, soil, plants and animals. HAE publications are recommended resources for students and educators in intermediate school, high school, college and university in Environmental Studies, Geography, Science and Social Studies. Through StatsCan's E-STAT, students and educators can read/download HAE for free. The website also provides free lesson plans for HAE 2000. Follow the link for more information:
  http://www.statcan.ca/english/ads/environ/index.htm

• The documents from the Online Colloquium — The Future of Environmental Education in a Postmodern World, October 19 to 30, 1998.

• Report on The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Agenda 21), Chapter 36: Promoting Education, Public Awareness and Training Rio de Janeiro, June 3-14, 1992.

• Montréal Declaration on EE, International Francophone Planèt'ERE Forum, November 6-10, 1997.

• Towards a National Strategy on Education, Awareness and Training Related to the Environment and Sustainability - Jean Robitaille, Frédéric Dupré, and Marcel Lafleur.

• Environmental Education: Tracing the High Points of its History - Isabel Orellana, Stéphane Fauteux, Université du Québec à Montréal

• Council of Ministers of Education, Canada: Educating for Sustainability (.pdf format, 552KB)

• Education for a Sustainable Future: the State of Environmental and Sustainable Development Education in Canada - Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF) January 2000

• The Role of Education in Achieving Sustainability - Chuck Hopkins

• Environmental Education: Between Modernity and Postmodernity—Searching for an Integrating Educational Framework - Lucie Sauvé, Ph.D., Université du Québec à Montréal

• Education For Sustainability: A Seductive Idea, But Is It Enough For My Grandchildren? - Bob Jickling

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