Environmental education is a vast subject. This project focuses on environmental education in the primary school setting and concentrates on issues related to this setting. It addresses the problem of how to deliver environmental education concepts at a level that is appropriate for the abilities of primary school age children. It explores the availability of suitable resources and details the development of a program that can be used by primary school teachers in any location. This program incorporates indoor and outdoor activities across most curriculum learning areas. The progressive manner in which knowledge skills and values are developed seeks to ensure that students develop positive attitudes towards conservation of the natural environment that will continue throughout their lives. The dissertation describes an action research journey that developed over a three-year period and involved three different primary classes in the one school. The researcher worked collaboratively with a teaching partner to create the environmental activities that were used throughout the life of the project. Developing partnerships with local community organisations was an important aspect of this project. The model described in this thesis centred around the conservation of an area of natural bush that was close to school and of significance to the local community. The outcomes of this longitudinal action research project resulted in the creation of an environmental program designed for use by upper primary school teachers in any setting. This program is on the accompanying CD- ROM.