Education is recognized as an essential component to the advancement of humans living sustainably with the environment. While it is critical to instill an environmental ethic in school children, it is equally important for environmental education to be directed towards adults, as they make consumer, social and political decisions that affect our world. This brief paper explores adult environmental education and its importance within the environmental movement. The underlying argument is that the health of humanity and the planet can be improved through adult environmental education.
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