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The development and progress of environmental education in Scotland since the Gilbert report of 1974 are charted and reviewed in this publication. Environmental education is viewed as opening all disciplines and affecting all age groups. Emphasis is placed on the need for a central resource base where an internal conceptual structure could be developed with clearly defined aims and objectives. Topics addressed include: (1) changing environment of environmentalism (reviewing economic, social, political, and administrative trends and their environmental effects); (2) primary school experience (explaining initiatives related to policy-making, instructional issues, curriculum development and future directions); (3) secondary school experiences (discussing co-ordinating and training efforts and curriculum development); (4) continuing education (proposing models for community education programs); (5) organizations contributing to environmental education (summarizing the efforts of specific conservation agencies); (6) national and international dimensions (offering perspectives in the global nature of environmental education); (7) conclusions (discussing the need for an environmental ethic); and (8) principal recommendations (identifying the major areas of concern for the future of environmental education). Eighty-four references and information on the Scottish Environmental Information Network for Education conclude the document. (ML)