Key EfS Documents

Effective Engagement Kit: An Introduction to Engagement

Book 1 outlines the principles and importance of effective engagement and sets out a model for developing best-practice engagement activities with communities and other stakeholders.

Effective Engagement Kit: The Engagement Planning Workbook

Book 2 is a practical guide that takes you step-by-step through an engagement planning process using an 'evidence-based' approach. This book also provides a number of sample engagement planning documents and engagement case studies.

Effective Engagement Kit : The Engagement Toolkit

Book 3 is a listing of various engagement tools with details of their purpose, use and requirements.

Beyond Fences Seeking Social Sustainability in Conservation Volume 1 & 2 Resource Book

Understanding and managing the concerns of local people is essential for the success of most, if not all, conservation initiatives. These two volumes are a resource set designed to help professionals employed in conservation initiatives to identify the social concerns that are relevant for their work, assess options for action and implement them. The first volume is a companion to a process of planning, evaluating or redesigning a conservation initiative. It can be used in a series of workshops by the staff and partners involved in field-based conservation. The second volume is a reference book. It can be consulted, as needed at various stages in the process accompanied by the first volume. It includes 'concept files' written by eminent conservation and social science scholars and practitioners, detailed descriptions of methods and tools (for social communication, participatory evaluation and planning, conflict management, etc) and a myriad of practical examples illustrating the results achieved when the 'option for action' described in Volume 1 were actually set to practice.

A National Review of Environmental Education and its Contribution to Sustainability: Frameworks for Stuatinability: Participation in Decision-Making

This report provides the conceptual context for understanding Environmental Education's contribution to sustainability. It attempts to define the components of education for sustainability and reviews international and national frameworks, which support this approach to Environmental Education. The document provides analysis as well as recommendations to improve strategic planning and actions for sustainability through Environmental Education in Australia.

A National Review of Environmental Education and its Contribution to Sustainability in Australian: School Education: section on 'From Action to Participation'

This report provides a snapshot of the current context in Australia and identifies a number of key themes, which assist in constructing a picture of Environmental Education experiences in school education. These themes are classified under the areas of primary and secondary education, early childhood education and teacher education. The document provides analysis as well as recommendations to improve sustainability practice through Environmental Education.