ABSTRACT
The main focus of environmental training in Kent County Council (KCC) is to try to deal with organisational change and pressures by: making environmental issues relevant, focusing on the needs of individuals, developing ownership in the roles and responsibilities of those individuals, and developing skills and experience through learning through action. Each training session for green teams and key individuals (usually of half-or one-day duration) continues to be designed to progress environmental appraisal and environmental management through personal ownership. This chapter explores what changes KCC has experienced in human resource management and associated structures over the ten-year period of 1985–1995; the barriers these changes have created to integrating environmental management into the weft and warp of the local authority; and what lessons can be learned about creating a more sensitive learning culture willing and able to deliver sustainable solutions.
