The SE NRM Board believes in the philosophy of environmental education. Children and young people are being, and will be directly impacted upon by the natural resource management of yesterday and today. Allowing children to learn about natural environmental functions and then providing them with an understanding of conservation methods and sustainable management practices is vital in continuing to protect our resources.

Currently children are being exposed to information about the health and longevity of our planet. We seek to remove the fear and uncertainty from environmental discussion and empower children with knowledge about positive movement and action in planning for an ecologically sustainable tomorrow.

We hope to instill values, paired with skills and knowledge that will encourage further development of sustainable environmental practices.

South East Environmental Education Working Group (SEEEWG)

SEEEWG comprises representatives from Waterwatch (Department for Environment and Heritage), South East Natural Resources Management Board, Blue Lake Water Care (City of Mt Gambier Council), PIRSA Forestry and teachers from Primary and Secondary schools. This group has developed strong partnerships between NRM agencies with an interest in environmental education, as well as providing a forum for greater involvement from teachers in planning the delivery of environmental education in schools.

The role of the SEEEWG is to:

 - Provide a forum for coordinating Environmental Education (EE) in the SE.
 - Provide support to the Waterwatch SE program to deliver EE.
 - Deliver training and development sessions for teachers in consultation with teacher’s representatives.
 - Provide schools with an annual calendar of environmental education events.
 - Keep teachers informed of resources, events and grants through the EE email network.
 - Keep up to date the SE EE Contact directory. 

SEEEWG aims to empower the local school-based community to deliver regionally relevant environmental education and support students to take action towards living sustainably.