Central components of a local environmental education program from the perspective of its participants

Abstract

There is a high degree of mistrust in how environmental education programs are being implemented, because the
elements that would affect the achievement of the objectives of these interventions are unknown. From the perspective of the
central components, we investigated those core elements of a local environmental education program, through the holding of
focus groups with 33 managers and 37 coordinating teachers of environmental issues in the establishments that are part of the
program. Four components of intervention were identified, namely, 1) the Eco-Citizenship, 2) the greening of the school, 3)
institutional Environmentalization and 4) Territorial Environmental Sensitization.