Government response to Environmental Education petition

The National Association for Environmental Education (NAEE) started a petition this Spring to put environmental education at the heart of the UK schools curriculum. A lot of people signed and we now have a response. Interestingly a decade ago is now thought of as something of a golden age in environmental education whereas there seems just as much if not more need today. Environment's in today's curriculum but not as much in the fore of some areas as it needs to be. Seems a contradiction of some of the statements coming from Government. I look forward to hearing about the promised 'sharper focus on sustainable development' from September 2008.