Abstract

Education for the environment describes learning in which students develop and implement strategies to help resolve environmental issues. This paper discusses a study carried out as part of a successful secondary school-led community-supported environmental education project demonstrating how curriculum integration can effectively create a place for environmental education within the school curriculum. In the process of caring for the environment, students restored a dying patch of natural forest (with few seedlings regenerating) into one that is self-sustaining whilst at the same time developing horticulture skills. The study found that horticulture learning objectives can be met and students’ environmental attitudes enhanced through involvement in a substantive, purposeful environmental education project