This guide describes some promising strategies for bringing children, youth, and older adults together as partners to explore, study, and work to improve the natural environment. At the root of these intergenerational environmental initiatives is a two-part rationale. From the environmental perspective, inclusion of an intergenerational component helps to broaden the pool of people who care and have knowledge about the natural environment and have the skills to take effective action to improve it. At the same time, providing opportunities for intergenerational collaboration, study, and action centered on the shared environment helps to promote intergenerational understanding and unity. Results are presented from a survey conducted with professionals who run innovative intergenerational environmental education initiatives. Discussion centers on parameters of program development, institutional strategies, and various challenges associated with efforts to involve older adults and young people in joint environmental education and action endeavors.

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