Our Purpose and Strategy

Mission

To educate, empower, and inspire teachers, students, and community to take action on climate change for a sustainable future.

vision

Communities in Victoria are collectively educated and collaboratively shaping an environmentally sustainable society.

values

Connect Collaboratively and Inclusively

• We collaborate with educators to build and share knowledge.

• We consult the educational needs of learners of different ages, genders, cultures, and abilities to develop resources.

• We support and facilitate community participation to encourage the collective shift towards a sustainable society.

Inspire and Empower Systems Thinking

• We equip people with knowledge to understand the connections between environmental, economic, social and political systems. 

• We inspire and support communities with resources to create their visions of diverse and sustainable futures.

Design for Context and Place

• We facilitate exploration, understanding, and care for local environments through curriculum and learning design

• We cater learning resources to our member and customer sectors, individuals, and local communities

Lead with Ambition and Humility

• We are brave, ambitious, and innovative in our approach to educate and empower change.

• We encourage reflection and critical thinking, and challenge the status quo.

• We use research-based approaches and industry best practices to design and improve our products and services.

Strategy

Thriving members

• Improve membership offerings to effectively support members in delivering environmental education

• Increase the impact of knowledge capital within EEV's membership through facilitating communication and collaboration

Thriving partners

• Increase engagement between members and partners to improve environmental education

• Improve environmental education through collaboratively developing and delivering funded programs

• Increase environmental education outcomes at schools with meaningful partner volunteering

Impactful grants

• Increase capability to deliver exemplary outcomes with grant-funded projects

• Improve management and transparency of grant delivery

Impactful contracts

• Increase capability to deliver exemplary outcomes through contracted projects

• Improve management and transparency of contract delivery