Kristenson, Kati Anders2014-12-222017-04-142014-12-222017-04-142014-05https://hdl.handle.net/11299/187443A Thesis [actually a Plan B] Submitted to the Faculty of University of Minnesota in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Environmental Education, May 2014. Committee names: Julie Ernst (Chair), Nathan Meyer, Chris Johnson. This item has been modified from the original to redact the signatures present.Environmental education has been around for many years, yet environmental problems still exist. While many environmental education organizations focus their programming on children, it is often not within children’s capabilities to implement the necessary behaviors that will minimize human impact on the environment or alleviate current environmental issues. It is the children’s parents and other community adults that possess such capabilities. Instead of creating more environmental education programs for adults, it has been recommended that organizations use their current programs to not only teach children, but also teach children's parents and adults in the community. This study therefore describes the current extent and potential for environmental education organizations in MN that focus on child environmental education to also provide adult environmental education through the programming offered to children. The results suggest more work could be done in the environmental education field to educate organizations about the potential for children to act as catalysts of adult education as this study found most organizations believe learning is reciprocal between children and adults, but do not often plan for children to share their learning with adults.enHuman impact on the environmentMinnesotaChild environmental educationCollege of Education and Human Service ProfessionsUniversity of Minnesota DuluthCenter for Environmental EducationMaster of Environmental EducationPlan Bs (project-based master's degrees)Environmental education.Adult education.Scholarly Text or Essay