FEE is an international umbrella organisation with one national member organisation per country representing FEE on the national level and in charge of implementing FEE programmes nationally. FEE has member organisations in 77 countries worldwide.
When a national organisation is accepted as member of FEE it becomes “associate member of FEE”. Within 3–5 years of FEE membership, the organisation must become “full member of FEE” (which means that it has fully implemented at least two FEE programmes).
Besides the national associate/full FEE member organizations, international institutions/organisations or other national organizations can also become affiliate member of FEE, and FEE does, furthermore, have some individual persons as honorary member of FEE.
Historyedit
The Foundation for Environmental Education was established in 1981 as the Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe (FEEE). However, at its 20th anniversary general assembly, held in Copenhagen in 2001, the organisation decided, because of growing interest from outside Europe, to become more global and dropped "Europe" from its name to become the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE).
The Blue Flag Programme was launched in 1985 in France. In 1987, the idea of the award scheme was presented to FEE. This year was also the European Year for the Environment initiated by the European Union, so Blue Flag was launched on the European level (10 countries) in a partnership between FEE and the European Commission.
In 1987, there were only five national FEE member organisations (Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Denmark). After the launch of Blue Flag in other six European countries, FEE started to require organisations as members of FEE in order to run Blue Flag. In the late 1980s and in the beginning of the 1990s, big constitutional changes were made for FEE.
The Learning about Forests (LEAF) programme started in 2000 and the Green Key Programme in 2003. They were already nationally existing programmes before that but were implemented these to years as FEE programmes with the use of external steering committees.
In the mid-1990s a co-operation with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), was established and a manual for coastal zone management with the example of the Blue Flag was produced. With a further support from UNEP, workshops were held in Caribbean, Africa and Asia. An interest grew rapidly in the Caribbean area and a very solid interest was shown from South Africa.
In 2003, FEE signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” (MoU) with UNEP which "formalises long-standing relationship between UNEP and FEE and provides a framework for long term co-operation on areas of common interest relating to education, training and public awareness for sustainable development globally". This MoU provides a solid basis for furthering the work already undertaken in collaboration between FEE and UNEP, in particular with regard to the introduction of FEE programmes and associated activities, particularly in developing countries and those with economies in transition.
Another MoU was signed in 2007 with the UN World Tourism Organization, where especially the tourism related programmes of FEE was recognised.
FEE's Global Forest Fundedit
As an organisation promoting sustainable development, FEE established the Global Forest Fund to offset CO2 emissions from travel. This non-profit fund invests 90% of its income directly into tree planting and other CO2 compensation efforts that are combined with environmental education activities.
Young Reporters for the Environmentedit
Young Reporters for the Environment is a programme of the foundation. An international network of youth in more than 25 countries, it promotes solutions to environmental issues through investigative journalism.
At the national[where?] level, participants choose local environmental issues to investigate, with the goal of communicating relevant information and solutions to the general public. The students carry out real journalistic enquiries and report their findings in the form of an article, photograph/photographic essay or video.
An international competition is also held annually.[1]
^"Young Reporters: Who are we?". Foundation for Environmental Education. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^"Blue Flag". Blueflag.global. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
^"Eco-Schools". ecoschools.global. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
^"Learning about Forests". Leaf.global. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
^"Green Key". Greenkey.global. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
External linksedit
Website
Programmes
Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE)
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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Foundation for Environmental Education news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Foundation for Environmental Education FEE is a non governmental non profit organisation promoting sustainable development through environmental education FEE is active through five programmes Blue Flag Eco Schools Young Reporters for the Environment YRE Learning about Forests LEAF and Green Key International It has members in 77 countries worldwide Foundation for Environmental EducationAbbreviationFEEFormation1981 42 years ago 1981 TypeNGOLegal statusNon profitHeadquartersCopenhagen DenmarkRegion servedWorldwideMain organGeneral AssemblyStaff15Websitehttp www fee global Contents 1 Member organisations 2 History 3 FEE s Global Forest Fund 4 Young Reporters for the Environment 5 Programs 6 References 7 External linksMember organisations editFEE is an international umbrella organisation with one national member organisation per country representing FEE on the national level and in charge of implementing FEE programmes nationally FEE has member organisations in 77 countries worldwide When a national organisation is accepted as member of FEE it becomes associate member of FEE Within 3 5 years of FEE membership the organisation must become full member of FEE which means that it has fully implemented at least two FEE programmes Besides the national associate full FEE member organizations international institutions organisations or other national organizations can also become affiliate member of FEE and FEE does furthermore have some individual persons as honorary member of FEE History editThe Foundation for Environmental Education was established in 1981 as the Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe FEEE However at its 20th anniversary general assembly held in Copenhagen in 2001 the organisation decided because of growing interest from outside Europe to become more global and dropped Europe from its name to become the Foundation for Environmental Education FEE The Blue Flag Programme was launched in 1985 in France In 1987 the idea of the award scheme was presented to FEE This year was also the European Year for the Environment initiated by the European Union so Blue Flag was launched on the European level 10 countries in a partnership between FEE and the European Commission In 1987 there were only five national FEE member organisations Italy Spain France Germany and Denmark After the launch of Blue Flag in other six European countries FEE started to require organisations as members of FEE in order to run Blue Flag In the late 1980s and in the beginning of the 1990s big constitutional changes were made for FEE In 1994 the Eco Schools and the Young Reporters for the Environment Programmes were implemented as second and third programmes of FEE The Learning about Forests LEAF programme started in 2000 and the Green Key Programme in 2003 They were already nationally existing programmes before that but were implemented these to years as FEE programmes with the use of external steering committees In the mid 1990s a co operation with United Nations Environment Programme UNEP and World Tourism Organization UNWTO was established and a manual for coastal zone management with the example of the Blue Flag was produced With a further support from UNEP workshops were held in Caribbean Africa and Asia An interest grew rapidly in the Caribbean area and a very solid interest was shown from South Africa In 2003 FEE signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with UNEP which formalises long standing relationship between UNEP and FEE and provides a framework for long term co operation on areas of common interest relating to education training and public awareness for sustainable development globally This MoU provides a solid basis for furthering the work already undertaken in collaboration between FEE and UNEP in particular with regard to the introduction of FEE programmes and associated activities particularly in developing countries and those with economies in transition Another MoU was signed in 2007 with the UN World Tourism Organization where especially the tourism related programmes of FEE was recognised FEE s Global Forest Fund editAs an organisation promoting sustainable development FEE established the Global Forest Fund to offset CO2 emissions from travel This non profit fund invests 90 of its income directly into tree planting and other CO2 compensation efforts that are combined with environmental education activities Young Reporters for the Environment editYoung Reporters for the Environment is a programme of the foundation An international network of youth in more than 25 countries it promotes solutions to environmental issues through investigative journalism At the national where level participants choose local environmental issues to investigate with the goal of communicating relevant information and solutions to the general public The students carry out real journalistic enquiries and report their findings in the form of an article photograph photographic essay or video An international competition is also held annually 1 Programs editThe Foundation for Environmental Education is a non governmental non profit organisation promoting sustainable development through environmental education and is active in five programmes Blue Flag 2 Eco Schools 3 Learning about Forests LEAF 4 Green Key International 5 Eco Schools References edit Young Reporters Who are we Foundation for Environmental Education Retrieved 17 April 2019 Blue Flag Blueflag global Retrieved October 28 2016 Eco Schools ecoschools global Retrieved October 28 2016 Learning about Forests Leaf global Retrieved October 28 2016 Green Key Greenkey global Retrieved October 28 2016 External links editWebsite Programmes Young Reporters for the Environment 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