Case Studies Library
Washington State Outdoor Preschool PilotOutdoor preschools—schools where children spend the majority of the school day learning outdoors with a nature-focused curriculum—are growing rapidly in the United States. |
BLAKE New Zealand Virtual Reality: Using Virtual Reality to Educate about New Zealand's Marine EnvironmentBLAKE NZ-VR connects young people to the marine environment through a school roadshow using virtual reality (VR) headsets and 360-degree underwater videos. |
Building Sustainable Communities through the U.S.-Taiwan Eco-Campus Partnership ProgramThe U.S.-Taiwan Eco-Campus Partnership Program (EPP) seeks to build a clean and healthy living environment to achieve the goal of sustainable communities. EPP’s main objectives include: |
Popularizing an environmental education project: A case study of the eco-picture diary in Yokohama City, JapanThe Eco-Picture Diary Environmental Education Project (EDEEP) was developed and introduced by Recycle Design, a Yokohama-based civil society organization, to inform students, their family members, and other citizens about particular socio-environmental issues and strategies in Yokohama City, Japa |
Rocking the Boat: Using Environmental Education to Promote Positive Youth DevelopmentRocking the Boat is a non-profit organization that provides positive youth development programs for 14–18-year-old students in the South Bronx, |
This is Indigenous Land: An Indigenous land-based approach to climate change educationThis case study describes an urban and rural Indigenous land-based climate change education camp. |
Voices of Nature: Inspiring Creativity, Curiosity, and a Connection to Nature for Biodiversity ConservationVoces de la Naturaleza (Voices of Nature) is a Paraguayan environmental education movement supporting a network of more than 30 eco-clubs across the country that connect over 600 children ages 7-14 to local biodiversity issues every week. |
Building Capacity for Sustainable Action through Inquiry, Experiential Learning, and Collaboration: Student Action for a Sustainable FutureThis case study explores Student Action for a Sustainable Future, a comprehensive environmental education program for middle school students that takes place in the city of Saskatoon, the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. |
Spreading Climate Change Literacy on Wheels: Science Express Climate Action SpecialThe Science Express Climate Action Special (SECAS) is a one-of-a-kind mobile science exhibition led by the Government of India’s Department of Science & Technology (DST) and managed by the Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science Centre (VASCSC). |
Education for ConservationThis case study explores how zoos might redevelop their education strategies to address 21st century conservation priorities while incorporating current best practices in education. |
Air Quality Workshops for Urban StudentsThis case study describes how one community-based organization is engaging high school students in ongoing study and action learning toward the goal of improving air quality. |
ResourceSmart SchoolsThis case study presents an overview of ResourceSmart Schools, a well established Victorian Government program that helps a wide range of schools benefit from embedding sustainability into everything they do. |
Water and Biodiversity ProjectThis case study describes a collaborative effort to integrate environmental and sustainability education into teacher education at a college experiencing water scarcity. |
Students and Teachers Restoring A Watershed (STRAW)The Students and Teachers Restoring A Watershed (STRAW) Program of Point Blue Conservation Science is a collaborative network of K-12 students and teachers leading their communities to restore their local ecosystems. |
Eco-Schools Northern Ireland – Empowering Young People Through an Environmental Education FrameworkThis case study looks at the growth of the international Eco-Schools program in Northern Ireland as well as the challenges it faces in empowering our young people to be the drivers of behavior change for a sustainable world. |
Compulsory Environmental Education in IndiaThis case study describes the development, successes, and challenges of a compulsory environmental education (EE) program in India. |
The System of Lifelong Environmental Education in Tomsk RegionThis case study describes a government-sponsored initiative that supports environmental education efforts across all levels of formal and nonformal education in the Tomsk Region, Siberia, Russia. |
Waterford Kamhlaba United World College – 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize WinnerThis case study describes the successful work of Waterford Kamhlaba United World College, a high school in Swaziland, to develop and implement a sustainability and renewable energy plan. |
Infusing Environmental Education into National Curriculum Framework in TaiwanEnvironmental education has long been a national priority in Taiwan. |
Implementing the Taiwan Environmental Education Act (TEEA)This case study describes one country’s process of implementing a national environmental education act. The Taiwan Environmental Education Act (TEEA) was approved on June 5th, 2010 and went into effect the following year, on June 5th, 2011. |
NatureWise: Dutch Children’s Learning In, About, For, and By NatureThis case study describes a Dutch example of a programmed experiential approach to nature-oriented environmental education (EE) and is based on a long-term evaluation (van der Waal, Hovinga, Wals, & van Koppen, 2012). |
Sustainable Schools InitiativeThis case study describes the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Sustainable Schools Initiative, or Al Madaris Al Mustadama, which was designed to reduce the nation’s ecological footprint and help move environmental education from |
Integrating Circular Economy Concepts into Universities Around the WorldThe circular economy is designed to provide an alternative to the current, linear economy where consumers take, produce, consume, and waste resources. |