Environment Laws and Educational Materials
The DENR-EMB Electronic Information Resource e-library provides information on environment laws and policies. You may also visit the Environmental Education and Information Division (EEID) website educational materials for air, water, solid waste, and pollution management.
Smart Schools Program
The Smart Schools Website is the online component of the Smart Schools Program (SSP), a community service initiative of Smart Communications Inc. that promotes Information and Communications Technology in basic education. The SSP Website provides educators and students access to online materials ranging from curricula, lesson plans and other e-learning resources.
Here are some of the environment tips and resources which can be found in the SSP Website’s Smart Tools section.
- Starting a 'green curriculum
- Save the Earth in Your School
- Earth Savers from the Classroom
- Guide to Green Schools
- Environmental activities for students
- Top environmental science topics
- Tales from the classroom: Environmental Science in Action
- Online Resources for Environmental Science
- Planet Heroes
- Lifestyle change for the environment
- Save Gaia: Be Her Steward
- Tips on How You Can Help Reduce Global Warming
- Climate Change, Global Warming: Causes and Effects
For more education resources, please visit www.smartschools.ph.
Other Resources
For more resources and case studies on school sustainability, you may visit the following local and international sites:
- International Eco-Schools
- Friends of the Earth Organization
- Sustainable Schools Australia
- Sustainable Schools Project
- Philippine Youth Environment Network
- Southeast Asian Youth Environment Network
- United Nations Environment Programme
- UNEP TUNZA - Children
- UNEP TUNZA - Youth
- Eco-generation! Environmental Education for Children
- TUNZA Eco-Generation
- ASEAN Environmental Education Inventory Database
- greenphils.com: Think Green for the Environment
- Education for Sustainable Development
- Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
- ASEAN Environmental Education Action Plan
- Statement on ASEAN Plus Three Youth Actions on Environment
- Earth Day Network Educator's Network: Green Schools Leadership Center
Downloads
- DepEd Memo No. 480, Series of 2010 (2011 National Search for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools)
- CHED Memo dated July 28, 2010 (2011 National Search for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools)
- Republic Act No. 9512 (National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008)
- The 2009 National Search for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools: The National Winners
- The 2011 National Search for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools: The Regional Champions
- DepEd Order No. 52, Series of 2011 (Strengthening Environmental Education in Public and Private Schools)
- DepEd Order No. 93, Series of 2011 (Mandated Programs, Projects and Activities, Various Forms, and Targets Pertinent to the Youth for Environment in Schools (YES) Program)
- United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014
- 2011 TUNZA International Children and Youth Conference on the Environment: Bandung Declaration - October 1, 2011 (The Voice of Children and Youth for Rio+20)
- Senate Resolution No. 666: Resolution Commending the Grand Winners of the 2011 National Search for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools by Senator Loren Legarda
Do you have environment sites or education materials which you want to add to this list? Email us!
