Outcomes of the National Environmental Education Action Plan 1992-2002:

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Outcomes of the National Environmental Education
Action Plan 1992-2002 Initiatives from the
Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) -
DENR by Elenida Basug Chief, Environmental
Education and Information Division (EEID) EMB-DENR
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Milestone Events in the Development
of Environmental Education in the Philippines
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(1989) Philippine Strategy for Sustainable
Development
(1989) National Strategy on Environmental
Education
(1992) National Environmental Education Action
Plan
(1996) Philippine Agenda 21
(1995) Creation of PATLEPAM
(2000) ASEAN Environmental Education Action Plan
(2000-2005)
(1998) Environmental Education Curriculum
Frameworks for All Levels
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(1998) Environmental Education Curriculum
Frameworks for All Levels
(1999-2001) National and Regional Educators
Trainings on the Use of the EE Curriculum
Framework for Basic Education, and Higher
Education
(2002) Teachers Trainings on the Use of the EE
Curriculum Framework for Technical and Vocational
Education
(2002) Creation of the Regional Environmental
Education and Information Sections of the EMB
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1992
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(1992) National Environmental Education Action
Plan (1992-2002)
Objectives - improve mass-based action toward
protection and improvement of the environment -
improve the delivery of EE across sectors and -
increase manpower needed for the next century.
Programs - Curriculum Development - Training -
Research and Development - Scholarships -
Equipment Upgrading and Lending Programs -
Information, Education and Advocacy - Policy
Reforms
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1995
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Mission - To network higher education
institutions through the PATLEPAM, for increased
appreciation of the need to integrate
environmental concerns in the tertiary education
curricula, so that local training needs in
environmental protection and management in the
different regions of the country can be addressed.
Vision - Higher Education institutions with
educators who are equipped with knowledge and
skills for the management of resources for
sustaining productivity and ecological integrity.
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Objectives - Enhance information exchange and
sharing of environmental protection and
management. - Enhance environmental awareness
and skills of tertiary level students and
faculty members. - Assist in curriculum
development for environmental management among
tertiary level educators - Conduct collaborative
programs on instruction, research and
development, and extension in environmental
management. - Strengthen the overall expertise
in environmental management of the different
regions of the country, at the technical,
managerial and policy levels, by catering to
local training needs. - Serve as a link
between local and international networks for
training in environmental management.
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1996
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What is Sustainable Development?
- is the harmonious integration of a sound and
viable economy responsible governance social
cohesion and ecological integrity to ensure
that development is a life-sustaining process.
Sustainable Development Economic
Development Environment
Protection
Social Reform
Peoples Empowerment (in 2002, Enhanced
Philippine Agenda 21 was formulated, following
the World Summit on Sustainable Development)
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• Core Dimensions of Sustainable Development Under
  Enhanced Philippine Agenda 21
• Poverty Reduction
• Social Equity
• Peace and Solidarity
• Empowerment and Good Governance
• Ecological Integrity

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1998
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2000
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(2000) ASEAN Environmental Education Action Plan
(2000-2005)
Vision - The ASEAN member-countries envision a
clean and green ASEAN, rich in cultural
traditions with citizens who are environmentally
literate, imbued with environmental ethic,
willing and capable to ensure the sustainable
development of the region through environmental
education and public participation efforts.
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2002
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(2002) Establishment of EMB Regional
Environmental Education and Information Sections
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EEIDs Accomplishments from 1992 to present
Formulation of the National Environmental
Education Action Plan which laid down a ten-year
program for the systematic dissemination of EE
concepts through the formal and non-formal
educational systems
1992
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1994-1996
Development of a specialist training program and
training materials on Environmental Planning and
Management for Sustainable Development for the
following clientele
- government policy makers/ business executives -
mid-level government planners (from national line
agencies and the local government units) -
educators - NGOs
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Training modules, materials and designs have been
prepared on the following

• Implications of Environmental Legislation to
  Development Sectors
• Environmental Integration in Local Development
  Planning and Management
• Environmental Carrying Capacity Assessment
• Land Use Planning
• Regional Sustainable Natural Resources
  Management Planning
• Integrated Watershed Management
• Integrated Coastal Zone Management

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• Management of Protected Areas and Conservation
  of Endangered and Threatened Species
• Environmental and Natural Resources Accounting
• Environmental Impact Assessment of Development
  Projects
• Cost-Benefit Analysis of Development Projects
• Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of Rural
  Development Projects
• Environmental Health Risk Assessment And
  Management
• Domestic Waste Management
• Industrial Pollution Prevention and Control
• Agro-Chemicals Application and Control

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• Appropriate Technologies for Waste Reuse,
  Recycling and Alternative Utilization
• Environmental Rehabilitation and Recovery from
  Natural Disasters
• Environmental Awareness, Development
  Communication and Peoples Participation

1995
Establishment of the PATLEPAM
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1997
Completion of the Environmental Education
Curriculum Frameworks for the following levels
- elementary - high school - higher education -
technical and vocation education - non-formal
education
1998
Completion of the Environmental Education Guide
for all Levels of Education Formulation of the
National Action Plan on Climate Change
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1999-2000
Conduct of National and Regional Educators
Trainings on the Use of the Environmental
Education Curriculum Framework for Elementary,
High School and Higher Education
2000
Completion and publication of the Philippine
Initial National Communication on Climate Change
Philippines lead coordination in the drafting
and completion of the ASEAN Environmental
Education Action Plan
Completion of Environmental Awareness to Action
A Guidebook for Youth Environmental Clubs in the
Philippines
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To date, the EEID has prepared the following
publications and EE materials

• State of the Philippine Environment
• Reports
• - for the 1980s (in book version)
• - for 1990-95 (in book, and CD-ROM versions)
• In progress are
• - 2002 National Air Quality Status Report
• - Philippine Environmental Quality Report for
• 1996-2002

• Symbiosis, a technical journal tackling
• special environmental issues
• - Sustainable Development
• - Energy and the Environment
• - Food Security
• - Environmental Education Bulletin
• Industry and the Environment (Industry
  ENVIRONEWS)
• Newsletters

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• PATLEPAM Newsletters
• Books on
• Understanding Philippine Agenda 21
• Kaligtasan sa Kalamidad
• Philippine Initial National Communication on
  Climate
• Change
• Tracking Greenhouse Gases (A Guide for Country
  
• Inventories)
• From Awareness to Environmental ActionA
  Guidebook
• for Youth Environmental Clubs in the
  Philippines
• In progress are
• - Guidebook on Environmental Management System
  (EMS),
• Pollution Prevention (PP), Cleaner
  Production (CP) and
• Environmental Cost Accounting - ECA
  (English,Filipino
• print version CD in English version)
• - Communicators Manual on EMS, PP, CP and on
  ECA
• - Solid Waste Management Module for Schools
  (with Miriam
• College)
• - Breathe Clean Air Series Module

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• Primers and Brochures
• - The Environment (English and Filipino
  versions)
• Philippine Agenda 21 (in English, Filipino and
  
• Cebuano versions)
• Tao, Ano Ka Sa Kapaligiran?

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• Videos (15-minuters)
• - Metro Manila Environment (English and Filipino)
• - Development A Pact with Environment
• - Environmental Planning and Management
• - Harnessing Technology for Sustainable
  Development
• - Galit sa Basura (War on Wastes)
• - Basurang Dapat Pakinabangan (Waste is a
  Resource)
• - Malinis na Tubig (Safe Water)
• - Taong Gubat (Forest Man)
• - Ang Luntiang Mundo ni Angelo (The Green World
  of Angelo)
• - The Struggles for Sustainable Development The
  Philippine
• Agenda 21 (English and Filipino versions)
• - The Environmental Management Bureau
• - EMS The Nature of Business
• - Republic Act No. 6969
• - Bakit Marumi ang Ating Hangin (10 min.)
• - Epekto ng Polusyon sa Ating Kalusugan (10
  min.)
• - Ikaw at ang Clean Air Act (10 min.)
• - Kapit-bisig para sa Malinis na Hangin (10
  min.)

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• Television and Radio Plugs (30 and 60-seconders)
• - Air Pollution
• - Water Pollution
• - Solid Waste Management
• - Toxic Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes Management
• - The Environmental Crisis
• - Unleaded Nga
• - Mag-segregate
• - Mag-MRF Tayo!
• - Si Salonga, Nag-sesegregate.
• Ang galing no?
• - Pamana (on Clean Air)

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• Exhibit Sets on
• - Solid Waste Management
• - Fight for Clean Air
• - Environmental Issues
• - Environmental Education
• - Water Pollution
• - Hazardous Waste Management
• - Fight for Life, Fight for Clean Air

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The EEID, through the years, has also coordinated
the conduct of some popular competitions as
follows, aimed at increasing the awareness and
education of the people on various environmental
matters

• Photography Contest on Citizenry Participation
  
• in Environmental Protection
• Painting Contest on Global Warming
• Cross-stitch Design Contest on Humankind in
• Harmony with Nature
• Television Spot Competition
• Cleanest and Greenest Barangay Contest in
• Metro Manila
• Poster-making Contest on Environmentally-
• sound Development
• Poster-making Contest on The Role of the Youth
  
• in the Care of the Environment in the New
• Millenium

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• On-the-spot Poster-making Contest on
• - Sobra-sobrang Basura Paano Na?
• - Maruming Hangin Anong Gagawin?
• T-shirt Design Contest on Environmental
  
• Discipline for National Survival
• Green Schools Competition
• Enviro Quiz
• Recycled Products Contest
• Contest on Scale Models on Sustainable
• Development
• Billboard Design Contest on Lets All
• Act to Clean the Air
• On-the Spot Drawing Contest on Mag-pinta
• Tayo Para sa Malinis na Hangin
• On-the-Spot Drawing Contest on Clean Air for
• Health and Life
• Capacity Building for EMB Regional
• Environmental Education and Information
• Sections (Trainings and Hardware Supports)

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For the year 2004 and beyond, the EEID plans to
be more aggressive in its concerns, as it
pursues the following

• Public Awareness and Education on
• Brown Environmental Management
• Concerns, particularly on the Clean Air
• Act and the Ecological Solid Waste
• Management Act
• Materials Development on Brown
• Environmental Management Concerns
• Development of Educational Module on
• - Eco-industrial Development (for
• tertiary education and industries)
• with PATLEPAM
• Conduct of Activities in Observance of
• Earth Day, World Environment Day,
• Philippine Environment Month,
• National Clean-up Month,
• and National Clean Air Month

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• Support to the Strengthening of Strategic
  Networks of
• Multi-sectoral Groups for Environmental
  Education and
• Management
• Support to Regional Consultations,
  Dissemination,and
• Implementation of the Updated National
  Environmental
• Education Action Plan for 2004-2013
• Support to the Implementation of the ASEAN
• Environmental Education Action Plan
• Support to Dissemination of the United Nations
  Decade
• of Education for Sustainable Development
  Education
• Support to the Implementation of the National
  Action
• Plan on Climate Change
• Partnership with International Organizations in
  the
• Conduct of Conferences, Seminars, and Meetings

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For 1992-2002, EMB, in partnership with selected
institutions focused accomplishment more in three
of NEEAPs eight program areas as follows 1.
Curriculum and Materials Development
Program 2. Training Program on the Use of the
Environmental Education
Curriculum Framework for
selected teachers at all levels of education,
and on other environmental topics,
and 3. Information, Education,
Communication and Social
Advocacy Program
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Some pockets of activities had been pursued by
DENR in the following programs of the
NEEAP 1. Institutional Development
Program 2. Research and Development
Program 3. Scholarship Program, and 4. Policy
Development and Reforms Program Hardly none was
done, at least by the EMB part in the Upgrading
of Facilities and Equipment, under a Lending
Program of the NEEAP.
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In the ASEAN Environmental Education Action Plan
for 2000-2005, even as it is a national and not
just an EMB commitment, the EMB has tried to do a
number of things in its four targets
areas 1. Formal Education 2. Non-formal
Education 3. Manpower Capability
Building 4. Networking, Collaboration and
Communication This means that with about
roughly 60 of the 5-year Plan period of the
AEEAP over, as a country, we may have done about
72 of country commitments to the same, or in 26
out of 36 of its proposed actions, in various
stages of implementation.
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Areas where EMB or country initiatives are still
not explored as much for AEEAP until 2005 (and
which may need multi-sectoral pursuance in the
future) are in the following Under Formal
Education - preparation of guidelines for
the development and production of EE support
materials in the different formats (multimedia,
module, poster, etc.) - conduct of workshops
to develop EE support materials on the local and
ASEAN regional environment, involving subject
experts, scientists and computer technologists.
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Under Non-formal Education - setting up of
local EE centers and libraries - undertaking of
translation of EE materials from foreign to
local languages - training facilitators for
dialogues on local, regional and global
environmental issues Under Manpower Capability
Building - developing human resources
development programmes in EE for key target
groups teachers, teacher-trainers, textbook
writers, school administrators, community
leaders, religious leaders, NGOs and media in
each ASEAN member country
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- in the EE training programme/package for
teacher trainers/textbook writers, school
administrators, community leaders and media,
focus on basic ecological principles, EE
concepts and unifying themes, and information on
local and regional ecological disasters as well
as success stories in environment, involve ASEAN
scientists, pertinent government officials and
experts from academe
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Under Networking, Collaboration and
Communication - conduct of collaborative
research on the environment and EE among the
ASEAN member-countries. - establish a
publication on ASEAN cultural and economic
practices that are supportive of environmental
conservation.
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Another item to which we have not done also, but
to which we have a proposal on is the following
Under Formal Education - undertaking of a
review of the curriculum for teacher training
colleges to review teacher education towards EE
for sustainable development, and propose the
revised curriculum as a sample to the pertinent
educational agencies for higher/tertiary
education in the ASEAN member-countries.
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• Recommendations
• Continually expand partnerships with national,
  regional,
• local and international institutions and
  networks to
• synergize actions (disseminate updated
  NEEAP, and
• related EE background documents to
  regional/local
• counterparts like what the YSDA did)
• Think strategic and consider high impacts of
  program
• and activities distribute EE materials more
  strategically
• and more systematically
• Mainstream EE in ongoing national programs
• - integrate EE in National Service Training
  Program
• (DENR Eco-corps Program with PATLEPAM,
  CHED,
• DND, DILG, TESDA)

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• Expand the development of local EE materials
• Strengthen regional delivery mechanisms for EE
• - thru the EMB/DENR Regional Offices,
  PATLEPAM
• Regional Coordinating Centers, Regional
  Offices of
• DepEd, CHED, TESDA, PIA, DILG, etc.
• Monitor and evaluate progress

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We will conserve only what we love We will
love only what we understand We will only
understand what we are taught. Anonymous