A full list of the DEA's youth work publications can be found on the DEA website (filter your search using 'Global Youth Work'). In addition Global resources provides a searchable database of sustainable development and youth work resources collated by the DEA. For publications on informal environmental education, visit the information centre within CEE's website.

Key publications for practitioners

Best of Both Worlds (2003)
Best of Both Worlds brings together the worlds of informal education and environmental action, providing a source of ideas for building young people's confidence and self esteem by using practical environmental projects. Included are project and activity ideas for developing young people's social skills and personal growth.
Available from: CEE

Global Youth Work, Improving practice series (2002)
This resource presents five case studies exploring what global youth work means in a range of informal learning settings. The projects aim to look beyond the local to the global influences on young people today, offering a flavour of global youth work in practice.

The case studies include project outlines, the story of each project including the reflections of the workers and young people involved. They aim to inspire youth workers through glimpses of what global youth work is like, what can and has been done.
Available from: DEA

Young People and Citizenship (2003)
This resource handbook for youth workers introduces key themes relating to citizenship. With over 60 practical activities it aims to help young people explore issues such as rights and responsibilities, voting and the democratic process, fairness and social justice, and global and environmental issues.
Available from: National Youth Agency

Peer Education Environment Project (2002)
This manual provides guidance on setting up peer environment projects and offers a framework of good practice for recruiting, training and supporting peer educators. It includes a training programme that can be used and adapted to equip young people in their role as peer environment educators and activities that peer educators can use in educating other young people.
Available from: UK Youth

Rescue Mission Planet Earth 2002 (2002)
This colourful manual, written by and for young people, contains young people's views on sustainable development and the progress that has been made in the 10 years since the Rio Summit. Each chapter brings SD issues to life with stories, paintings, case studies and poems from the children's own experience.
Available from: Peace Child International

Young Voices: Turning ideas into action (2001)
This resource book includes games and activities on environmental youth work. Designed to enable young people to participate fully in planning environmental activities, it includes games that enable youth groups to take decisions and prepare them to put their own ideas into action.
Available from: Wildlife Trusts

Key policy documents

Sustainable Development Action Plan for Education and Skills (2003)
The Action Plan was launched by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) in September 2003 and builds on the work of the Sustainable Development Education Panel and the Environmental Audit Committee's report Learning the Sustainability Lesson. The Action Plan aims to encourage wider participation in sustainable development in all education and skills sectors and is organised around four key objectives: education for sustainable development; the environmental impact of the Department and its partner bodies; the environmental impact of the education estate; and local and global partnership activity.
Download from: www.dfes.gov.uk/sd/

Sustainable Development Education Panel annual reports (1998-2003)
The Government set up the Sustainable Development Education Panel (SDEP) in 1998. The Panel's brief was to consider issues on education for sustainable development in schools, further and higher education, at work, during recreation and at home, and to make practical recommendations for action in England. The Panel's five year term has now come to an end and its work is being taken forward in other ways.
Download from: www.defra.gov.uk/environment/sustainable/educpanel/

Sustainable Development and Youth Work briefing paper (2001)
This DEA/CEE briefing paper aims to explain how and why the concept of sustainable development can be integrated into current youth work thinking and practice. It outlines a model for sustainable development and youth work, sets out key concepts to explain what sustainable development means and makes a series of recommendations for action by youth services, the Connexions Service, the DfES and youth and community work training agencies.
Download from: www.dea.org.uk/publications

Louder Than Words (2000)
This publication explores, identifies and analyses good practice in sustainable development initiatives in youth work. It develops a model curriculum and practical learning outcomes.
Available from: National Youth Agency

Transforming Youth Work (2002)
This document outlines the Government strategy for the future of work with young people aged 13-19. In particular, it stresses the youth services role in support of the work of the new Connexions Service. This DfES document also outlines a set of youth work values, as well as generic standards and objectives for local authority services.
Download from: www.connexions.gov.uk