Multicultural Environmental Education

News Brief

If you need more information on this subject, call the listed Press Officer For Release: (Washington, D.C. - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008)

EPA Releases Multi-cultural Environmental Outreach Materials

Contacts: Roxanne Smith, (202) 564-4355 / [email protected] (media only)

Andrea Drinkard, (703) 308-0214 / [email protected] (all other inquiries)

EPA has released two publications specifically designed to increase environmental awareness among multilingual communities. "Teach English, Teach about the Environment" is a curriculum designed to help teach adult students English, while introducing basic concepts about the environment and individual environmental responsibility. The concepts introduced in the curriculum can help immigrants understand their role in contributing towards cleaner and healthier communities by reducing, reusing and recycling. The second publication, "Working Together for a Healthy Environment - A Guide for Multi-Cultural Community Groups," is designed to help community-based organizations plan and execute community events that promote reducing, reusing and recycling. It has a brief introductory paragraph on the inside cover in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean.

Read "Teach English, Teach about the Environment" at:
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/teachers.htm

Read "Working Together for a Healthy Environment - A Guide for Multi-Cultural Community Groups" at:
http://www.epa.gov/osw/community.htm

Check out

http://www.ecosource.ca for a partnership between EcoSource and the Multi-cultural interagency on farm to food program.

Judy Gilchrist-Gibbens

Manager,
Member Services and Communications
Green Communities Canada
P.O. Box 928, Peterborough,
Ontario K9H 7A5
705-745-7479
www.greencommunitiescanada.org

Hi Gagan,

Your request made me think of the below resource that EPA Victoria (in Australia) collaborated with Adult Migrant Education Services to produce a year or two ago, it may be the example you are after? http://www.ames.net.au/publication.asp?publicationID=116&categoryID=

Also, NSW EPA have some relevant social research findings: http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/resources/env_ethnic_communities.pdf

cheers,
Stefan Kaufman

Social Research Officer
Community Support Unit
Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria
T) (03) 9695 2705
F) (03) 9695 2579
E) [email protected]
W) http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/
40 City Rd Southbank Vic 3006 
GPO Box 4395QQ,
Melbourne 3001 Australia