Environmental education is an active process that increases awareness, knowledge, and skills.
It results in understanding, commitment, informed decisions, and constructive action to ensure stewardship of all interdependent parts of the Earth's environment. As a guardian of the North Carolina Environmental Education Plan, the office looks to that plan's 14 objectives to guide its efforts. The following items describe the coordination activities of the office and provide contact information needed to get more information about specific activities. Return to top of the page. Many of the documents described here are available in an interactive electronic format on the World Wide Web via the NC Environmental Education Clearinghouse home page.