Caretakers of the Environment in Hong Kong

CARETAKERS OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CEI 2007 - HONG KONG

Caretakers of the Environment International CEI started in 1986. It is an international organization which aims to promote sustainable development education for youth. It features an annual international conference for school age students, usually senior secondary students.

Mission
Caretakers of the Environment International (CEI) believes that promotion of sustainable development education for youth can best occur through having students meet and work together. By organizing annual international conferences, making available a periodical for teachers and students, establishing national branches and organizing national and regional workshops, CEI tries to establish a worldwide network for secondary school teachers and students who are actively concerned about environmental issues and who are willing to do something about sustainable development issues through their education and their actual participation. The network intends to act as a platform for teachers and students to exchange concerns, ideas, strategies, actions and projects in the field of environmental education.

Goals

To develop a worldwide network of secondary school students and teachers who share environmental concerns and who face environmental challenges.
To share successful and innovative environmental education programs.
To facilitate joint educational projects that encourage international data exchange and interdisciplinary activities.
To develop strategies which enable delegates to act as ambassadors for CEI in their own countries.
To promote environmental awareness and to develop national EE-networks.
To encourage the building of trust, friendship and cooperation among people of different cultural backgrounds.