Environment Education Programme
Profile
WWF-India believes that environmental education is a life long process that encourages exploring, raise questions, investigate issues and seek solutions to environmental and social problems.
Ever since its inception in 1969, WWF-India's Environment Education (EE) programme has come a long way in achieving its mission: strengthen human and institutional capacity in nature conservation and environmental protection on a long term basis, with the help of environment education and awareness activities. Knowledge creates awareness, and the right attitude is the prerequisite for sustainable social action. This in essence is how environment education can pave the way to a sustainable future.As nurturing effective education for sustainable development requires cross-departmental, cross-sectoral and cross-organisational engagement, therefore, WWF-India targets students, youth and communities alike.
Programme Goal
WWF-India believes that environmental education is a life long process to seek relevant solutions to environmental and social issues. It strives to strengthen individual and institutional capacity for nature conservation and environmental protection, by promoting education and awareness within the social structure.
WWF-India seeks mitigate environmental degradation by fostering teamwork and ecological sensitivity by initiating the process of discovering and appreciating the wonders of nature
Objectives
- Develop mechanisms and institutions for enhancing outreach activities through Nature Clubs of India, Eco clubs and Interpretation Programmes.
- Increase our presence and influence in formal education system at the primary and higher levels through policy advocacy with the Central Boards and the National Council for Education and Research Training.
- Develop a comprehensive teacher training programme that includes recapitulation.
- Develop and implement environment sensitisation programmes or modules for key target groups.
- Advocate research on EE in the formal education to enhance impacts on policies related to increased focus on EE.
- Integrate ESD into the training of India's future educators through National EE Guideline implementation.
