Australian Association for Environmental Education Inc. (AAEE)

[ News ] [ Mission ] [ Personnel ] [ Resources ] [ Professional Development ] [ Member Associations ]

News

Two New Awards in the 2005 Australian Museum Eureka Schools Prizes

The 2005 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes, Australia’s premier and most comprehensive national science awards, will include two new awards that significantly expand the range of students eligible to enter the Eureka schools prizes. Further details here.

AAEE Conference 2006

AAEE holds biennial conferences. The next AAEE conference program theme is Sharing Wisdom For Our Future – Environmental Education in Action and will be held 4th – 6th October 2006 in Western Australia. Monica Durcan is the Conference Convenor. For more information please contact Monica on 08 9291 8249 or email her on mdurcan@iinet.net.au.

Mission

What are we trying to achieve?

Fostering environmental education for a sustainable future.

Vision

Where do we want to be in 2 years/ 2+ years?

To have a robust national organisation with membership that is actively involved in the work of AAEE through supportive and innovative network and partnership opportunities.

The AAEE strategic objectives for the incoming Executive are to:

• champion environmental education using a national approach as an organisation
• ensure major environmental issues in Australia are being addressed by quality environmental education
• increase the availability and impact of quality environmental education in the broader community to meet their needs
• foster creative and innovative approaches for eco-solutions in communities through quality environmental education.

Personnel

AAEE has an Executive and Council that makes decisions, plans and acts for the organisation. The constitution provides for a roving Executive usually residing in one of Australia’s states or territories for a period of 2-3 years. The Council broadens the decision making by ensuring that there are representatives from across the nation as Chapter or Affiliate Delegates as well as representation from other functions of the organisation, for example the editors of the Australian Journal of Environmental Education, the newsletter, and conference convenor.

Currently, the AAEE Executive resides in New South Wales. For a complete list of Executive and Council members please visit the AAEE website.

For further details of AAEE Executive and Council members please visit AAEE website.

Journal Editors

AAEE publishes one issue of the Australian Journal of Environmental Education (AJEE) each year. It is an international refereed journal which publishes papers and reports on all aspects of environmental education. The current edition is Volume 18 (2002) and the contents of this issue can be located on AAEE website. The next issue of AJEE is Volume 19 (2003) and it will be distributed to subscribers and AAEE members by the end of this year.

There are currently two co-editors of AJEE who are Associate Professor Roy Ballantyne, Queensland University of Technology and Ms Jo-Anne Ferreira, Queensland University of Technology.

If you have articles or would like to promote innovative environmental education programs please contact our editors.

If you have articles or would like to promote innovative environmental education programs please contact our editors.

Resources

Australian Journal of Environmental Education (see details above).

The Association also produces a newsletter, ozEEnews, for its members that incorporate stories from the field, practitioner perspectives, reports, news and events.

Anita Kosterlitz and Nicola Dziadkiewicz are the co-editors of ozEEnews. If you would like to contribute to the newsletter please email to ozeenews@yahoo.com.au

Visit the AAEE website to link up to further environmental education associations or providers of environmental information and/or environmental education.

Professional Development

Further information about AAEE professional development activities, including Conference Proceedings, are available from AAEE.

Member Associations

Visit AAEE for the AAEE Chapters and affiliated organisations. There are also some international environmental education organisations that we have established working relationships with on our website.