Sustaining our environment

About this project guide

  image: people expressing their views 'This is a real problem in our community', ' We need a video or a brochure to tell them what to do'

Many people concerned about community issues express ideas such as these at some time.

Education is an increasingly popular method being used by many community, industry and government organisations to address issues of social, environmental and corporate concern.

But community education is much more than producing a brochure to tell people about the way we think a problem can be resolved.

Effective community education requires a good understanding of the issue of concern, being clear about who we are trying to reach, knowing what behaviour we are trying to change, and investigating the best ways to make this happen.

This guide has been prepared following a number of inquiries and requests for assistance from groups planning community education projects. It provides:

Page last updated: 27 February 2011