Measuring the Success of Environmental Education Programs. Thanks to CPAWS Calgary/Banff and Sierra Club of Canada for permission to offer a pdf version of this document. Click here to download.

Significant Green Teacher Articles. Thanks to Green Teacher for their permission to offer the following important and relevant articles:

• "Green Tsunami Rising: Environmental education's third wave" (Mike Weilbacher, from issue #83)
•  "Resolution to Advance Service-Learning: A proposal to advocates of environmental and community-character education" (Jerry T. Pharr, Jr, from issue #82)
• "Educating for Action: A framework for thinking about the place of action in environmental education" (William F. Hammond, from issue #50)
  

Significant Action-Oriented Resources. There is an increasing appetite for action in EE programming. See the following for EE action project guides:

• "A Teacher's Guide to Community Environmental Action" (CPAWS Calgary/Banff and ecoAction)
• "Community-Based Social Marketing" (Doug McKenzie-Mohr, Ph.D.)
• "Leap into Action! Simple steps to community action" (BC Conservation Foundation and Wild BC)
  

Youth Engagement in Alberta.  Thanks to the Alberta Emerald Foundation (AEF) for permission to share the Backgrounder on youth engagement, together with What we Heard from the province-wide consultations conducted by ACEE, on contract to AEF.

How to engage youth in your organization.  The Green Street Guide to 'Authentic' Youth Engagement, by Jenn Hoffman and Sue Staniforth, outlines some of the best ways to encourage authentic youth participation within organizations and includes practical advice and real-life examples.

CEGN Issue Brief: Environmental Education in Canada.  The Canadian Environmental Grantmakers' Network created this very informative 19 page document.  Visit the CEGN webpage to download this document.

Excellence in Environmental Education.  The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) has generated numerous useful resources through its 'Guidelines for Excellent' Project. Visit the NAAEE website for free downloads and on-line workbooks to help improve your EE materials, learner guidelines, teacher preparation program, or non-formal education programs.

Significant powerpoint presentations.  We are pleased to present here key powerpoint presentations that have been offered by leaders in the field.  Please note that some of these files are large.

• 'Greening your Curriculum' (February 2008, 11M).
• Rick Kool: "EE: powerlessness, terror and hope" (21M)

• Rick Kool: "Nature Deficit Disorder" (26M)
  
• Rick Kool: "Persuasion and Influence" (6M)
• Hunter Lovins: "Education for a future that works" (30M)
• David Schindler: The Sustainability of Western Canada’s Water (39M)

Over the coming months, ACEE will be adding more relevant resources to this webpage. If you have requests or suggestions, please let us know.