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This document is intended to provide Minnesota educators a means of systematically viewing Environmental Education (EE) programs within their schools or districts, and provide a tool for integrating EE into all courses and programs in accordance with the State Board Curriculum Rule 3500.1075. The material is divided into four chapters, followed by four appendixes and a glossary of EE terminology. Chapter 1 conveys education values, learner values, philosophy, mission, and goals as expressed by the Minnesota State Board of Education. In chapter 2 the roles and purposes of EE are presented. This includes a description of EE, its organizing principles or contexts, and its program goelis. In chapter 3 the concept learner outcomes for EE are enumerated. In this section, the associated state learner goals, development and concept emphasis, and EE learner outcomes are stipulated for each program goal. Chapter