The study first reviewed the significance, enactment process, and future challenges for growth of the Environmental Education Promotion Act first proclaimed in Korea in March, 2008. Then it sorted out the drafts about the plans for the overall growth of environmental education, which were researched and developed in the national level Environmental Education Master Plan based on the act, their major tasks in each field, and research plans to be promoted. Its findings will provide reference to the efficient operation of the act and the plans for the overall growth of environmental education.