h. karimzadegan

This study presents a tool for evaluating sustainable development in the mining industry. We identified indicators related to four dimensions: growth and learning, economy, environment, and society. A total of 75 primary indicators were determined. Indicators with a mean weight of over 3.6 were considered suitable, resulting in the selection of 28 final indicators. The top-ranked indicator was "number of lost days" with a mean weight of 10.9, followed by "total amount of waste produced" with a mean weight of 7.73. The indicators of "waste management" and "efforts to restore the mine" had mean weights of 5.9, ranking third. To assess the weight of each dimension in evaluating sustainability performance, the researchers used the FANP method and a pairwise comparison questionnaire. The inconsistency rate of the pairwise comparisons, estimated using the Gogos and Butcher's method, was below 0.1 for all questionnaires, indicating consistency. The results showed that the "growth and learning" dimension had the highest mean weight of 0.48, followed by the "community" dimension with a mean weight of 0.24. The "environment" dimension ranked third with a mean weight of 0.22, while the "economy" dimension ranked fourth with a mean weight of 0.16 among all dimensions.

The increasing development of society, the meaning of participation to all areas of social life is extended. This is a field study that uses a Survey research plan. The community contributing statistics to this research includes members and managers of nongovernmental environmental organizations, and also authorities of the City of Mashhad. SPSS software has been used for data analysis, and these data were analyzed in two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics. It was concluded that these organizations are an important part of the national effort to protect the environment. In environmental education, and in order to achieve better usage of the abilities of nongovernmental organizations in order to elevate the teaching of the environment in the nation, it is necessary that evaluating the teaching of the environment is conducted with correct programming at the upper executive and legal levels.Keywords: Environmental Education, participation, Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, Mashhad MetropolisKeywords: Environmental Education, participation, Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, Mashhad Metropolis