EPA/USDA Partnership to Support Community-based Education 
Study report, and pamphlet series

The US Environmental Protection Agency/USDA Cooperative Extension Partnerships project, initiated by Elaine, supported a three-year effort to investigate ways to strengthen relationships in environmental management and education between the two agencies. The agencies share the goal of promoting environmental management via local decision making and voluntary compliance with regulations. The Study methodology and results are reported in A Discussion Paper. A Fact Sheet series, numbers 1 – 9 (listed below), identifies specific findings to aid understanding of community-based education and potential opportunities for collaboration by professionals in each agency. The context of the study, as a component of education about the environment, is described by Andrews et al in New Tools for Environmental Protection: Education, Information, and Voluntary Measures, published by the National Academy Press.             No. 1 Supporting Community-Based Environmental Education: Discussion Paper Summary
            No. 2 Leadership Roles for Cooperative Extension: Building Partnerships for Strong Communities
            No. 3 Linking to EPA Region 5: A County Extension Guide to US EPA Region 5
            No. 4 Leadership Roles for EPA: Forging Solutions for Sustainable Communities
            No. 5 Linking to Cooperative Extension: A US EPA Guide to Cooperative Extension in Region 5 States
            No. 6 Building Capacity: Educating for Community Action
            No. 7 Building Capacity: From Transferring to Transforming
            No. 8 Building Capacity: Community Based Environmental Education in Practice
            No. 9 Comparing USDA Cooperative Extension and US EPA: A guide to Pamphlets in the Partnership Series