Estat de l’educació ambiental a les Illes Balears: l’estratègia balear d’educació ambiental

Abstract

The current document is a preliminary study of an assessment report for the government, Servei d’Educació Ambiental of Conselleria de Medi Ambient of Govern de les Illes Balears. The aim of the study has been reviewing a strategy, the Estratègia Balear d’Educació Ambiental (EBEA) and analysing the situation of environmental education in the Balearic Islands, to finally, establish proposes for the future. The EBEA is an official document promoted by Govern de les Illes Balears and Universitat de les Illes Balears. It was published in 2003 and there are represented the objectives of environmental education agreed in a meeting, the Forum d’Educació Ambiental de les Illes Balears (FEAIB). This objectives, developed in specific actions, affect all sectors in the society. Talking about the content, it has been developed in a participatory system, with experts on the subjects implied on it. After an analysis of the state of the art, data has been collected with a questionnaire to evaluate the achievement of the objectives of EBEA and determine its suitability. With the results, a list of action lines to develop by the government has been done. Its content and priority has been contrasted by interviews. So on, a panoramic picture of where is environmental education in the Islands and where does it has to go has been taken. The results show that, despite the advances, there is a lack of achievement of EBEA’s objectives. The document has been determined current and valid. Now, it is necessary to work and debate on it in the celebration of a Forum and then, report the results. Celebration of Forum and development of an Action Plan for EA, seem to be the priority lines that Government should boost, with the support and collaboration of other institutions, organizations and enterprises. From this point, the other action lines could be developed