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Environmental protection is close related with environmental education. Environmental education is as necessary in the educational system as outside it. The present study, starting from the perception of the representatives of the local rural public administration and the citizens of the rural communities on environmental protection issues: (i) highlights the need for information and education in the field of environmental protection, especially with regard to environmental legislation and waste management; (ii) demonstrates the usefulness of environmental educational projects and the use of open educational resources, as resources that can be easily adapted to the real needs of education and information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper is aiming to give an example of environmental management implementation at academic level, in German universities. The study was part the European Union Socrates Program, Erasmus Curricula Development Dissemination Project that gathered European universities with environmental related curricula. The experience exchange among the partner institutions made possible lessons learned from each institution expertise in this domain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]