The Finnish Association for Environmental Education is the only organisation in Finland which concentrates solely on furthering and supporting environmental education.

Our association, founded in 1990, is politically and religiously independent. Our members consist of individuals and organisations working with environmental education.

Our aim is to have an increasing number of educators in Finland with the will and skills to help children and youngsters to get the knowledge, skills and values that promote sustainable development.

Our work covers ecological, cultural, social and economic aspects of sustainable development.

Our work consists of

• Lobbying for improved conditions for environmental education
• Improving the cooperation between different actors within environmental education
• Providing information about environmental education to policy-makers, our members and the wider public
• Supporting the work of the educators and improving the quality of environmental education through the Eco-Schools / Green Flag environmental education program
  

Our most important mediums are

• The international Eco-Schools / Green Flag environmental education program for kindergartens and schools as well as learning institutions and leisure operators
• The national Environmental Education Days ("Ympäristökasvatuspäivät", read more in Finnish)
• The magazine Ympäristökasvatus (“Environmental Education”, read more in Finnish), the only magazine in this field in Finland

Annually we also award the Rose of Environmental Education ("Ympäristökasvatuksen Ruusu") to a person, organization or project that has developed environmental education in an exceptional or ground-breaking manner.

Additional information:
Suomen Ympäristökasvatuksen Seura ry
Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 15 A, 5th floor, 00260 Helsinki
tel. +358 9 4541 8151, e-mail: toimisto(a)ymparistokasvatus.fi