Three planned experiments in environmental education in rural sectors of southern Chile

Abstract

Abstract Environmental education (EE) must be carried out following a permanent programme, and should be a source of inspiration to encourage the incorporation of an ‘environmentalist’ line in other cultural and educational materials. EE has developed in Chile since the 1970s, but slowly, and unconnected with three important actors: the State, the universities, and non-governmental organisations. We implemented an EE programme across a set of other programmes (e.g. rural development, wetland management, biodiversity, and biological pest control), with the following objects: (a) to develop applied research in the field of EE; (b) to produce teaching materials; (c) to develop formal and informal training in EE. The object of the present work is to present three planned experiments in environmental education carried out since 1991 in different ecosystems and with different social actors.