Introducing kids to environmental education at a very young age can make them more responsible towards their environment. Environment education has been considered as an additional or elective subject in traditional K-12 curriculum. At the elementary school level, environmental education can take the form of science enrichment curriculum, natural history field trips, community service projects, and participation in outdoor science schools. In secondary school, environment education can be either a focused subject in the realm of science subject or a part of student interest groups or clubs. At the undergraduate and graduate levels, it can be considered as an independent subject in the fields of education, environmental studies, environmental science and policy, ecology, or human/cultural ecology programmes.

In an endeavour to promote environmental education among kids and young people, TERI has come out with an innovative approach on environment education. Edugreen, a portal (www.edugreen.teri.res.in) on environment awareness for young children and school students, focuses on the various initiatives taken for school students to sensitize them on the environment.