Strategic Plan
adapting organisational priorities to meet changing relationships with our environment
Strategic Plan 2022-2025
Environmental Education NSW
Lead. Collaborate. Empower.
Reconciliation Statement
EENSW acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which EENSW members live, learn and work. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.
EENSW is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society. Sovereignty has never been ceded. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.
Our Vision
Environmental educators engaging with their communities for planetary balance.
Our Purpose
Supporting and empowering environmental educators from across formal, government & community sectors to create transformative change for a regenerative future.
Our Values
Honesty & Integrity
Equity & Justice
Harmony & Connection
Community-minded
Informed by science
Our Goals
Goal 1: Lead for an ambitious climate emergency response and advocate for education for sustainability.
Objectives:
a) Deliver our Climate Emergency Response Plan: supporting environmental educators to communicate an inspiring vision of the regenerative future we can create by limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees.
b) Deliver our Net Zero Emissions by 2022 Plan.
c) Lobby state and federal government for increased funding and recognition for education for sustainability.
Goal 2: Empower environmental educators and build their capacity to be the best they can be.
Objectives:
a) Coordinate Sustainable Schools NSW
c) Support the NSW Environmental Education Conference
d) Deliver the NSW Environmental Education Awards and scholarship programs.
e) Support the NSW Regional Sustainability Education Networks.
f) Facilitate the Sustainability Connect online directory of sustainability education service providers and products.
Goal 3: Be an ethical and thriving organisation
Objectives:
a) Align all aspects of our work with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
b) Develop and implement our Reconciliation Action Plan.
c) Develop and implement a Fundraising Plan.