From 2006 through 2008, E3 Washington convened action-oriented summits to create a dynamic system of education for sustainable communities.

Participants were asked, “How can E3 embody our common aspirations for the future, and result in recommendations that are politically and institutionally powerful?”

The E3 process itself – guided by the principles of inclusion and respect for diversity – embraced a systems approach as people reached across their differences to work together, to build trust, and to define the educational path to a healthy, prosperous future for all.

E3 began with diverse representatives from 12 sectors of society where sustainability learning is already taking place: 

These leaders assessed current learning opportunities: what works, what doesn’t, and ways to improve. Then E3 brought together leaders from education, business, tribal, civic, military, faith-based, environmental, and other groups in 18 regions of the state: They created a vision of a sustainable future for Washington, and set educational goals and strategies to achieve that vision. And finally, four statewide roundtables comprised of tribes, state agencies, businesses, and youth added their perspectives.

Together, we have:

• built professional and regional communities guided by the principles of inclusion and respect for diversity to define and strengthen Education for Sustainable Communities;E3 Executive Map
• finished 10 E3 sector strategies including Early Childhood, K-12/Teacher Education, Media/Communications, and Tribal Education;
  
• completed 18 E3 Washington regional summits and completed many regional plans;
  
• completed the state E3 Map, our plan to a healthy, prosperous and sustainable future; began an overhaul of the E3 website to be a interactive, clickable version of the E3 Map.

We are on our way to achieving:

• fully integrated environmental and sustainability education in every K-12 grade level and subject area;
• access for all youth and families to learn about and participate in the health of their local watersheds, and other natural and built communities; 
  
• significant increases in programs preparing people for "green collar" careers while changing general education requirements to include sustainability and systems thinking;
  
• increased professional development opportunities and incentives for those currently in decision-making roles that impact the environment;
  
• and much more…

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The E3 Structure Chart

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 Links:

The E3 Washington 2006 Launch