Environmental education in New Zealand explained

Ecological sustainability is part of the values in the Ministry of Education curriculum.^[1]

The 2009 Government Budget removed funding for Education for Sustainability, effective from December.^[2]

By 2018 1,161 schools used Enviroschools,^[3] founded by Te Mauri Tau in the late 1990s,^[4] with funding from the Ministry for the Environment and regional councils.^[5] Enviroschools take part in activities such as tree planting, recycling, sustainable transport.^[6]

See also

• Education in New Zealand
• Environment of New Zealand
• Conservation in New Zealand

External links

• New Zealand Association for Environmental Education
• Enviroschools/Kura Taiao
• Environmental Education Ltd

Notes and References

1. Web site: Values / The New Zealand Curriculum / Curriculum documents / The New Zealand Curriculum Online - NZ Curriculum Online . nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091029023727/http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-documents/The-New-Zealand-Curriculum/Values . 2009-10-29.
2. Web site: Home. 29 November 2013.
3. Web site: Enviroschools : In Your Region. www.enviroschools.org.nz. 2019-01-04.
4. Web site: Toimata Foundation. www.toimata.org.nz. 2019-01-04.
5. Web site: Enviroschools : Overview. www.enviroschools.org.nz. 2019-01-04. 2019-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20190120075951/http://www.enviroschools.org.nz/about-us/structure-and-roles. dead.
6. Web site: Enviroschools : Overview. www.enviroschools.org.nz. 2019-01-04.