This is the final report on the background and proceedings of the Regional Meeting of Experts on Environmental Education in Europe, convened by UNESCO with the collaboration of the Ministry of Education in Finland. The meeting was the last one in a series of five meetings of this type that have been held in all regions of the world as a part of the International Environmental Education Program in UNESCO-UNEP. The purpose of this meeting was to study the present situation and to recommend guidelines for action on environmental education, taking into account the characteristics of the natural, socio-economic, and cultural environment of the region and the countries composing it. This paper includes reports from five working groups concerned with environmental education: (1) at the pre-school, primary, and secondary levels; (2) at the university level; (3) in a nonformal situation; (4) at the national and local levels; and (5) regional cooperation. Lists of recommendations are also given. (MA)