This article presents the results of a characterization of environmental training practices carried out for elected municipal officials, in the light of the theoretical foundations of environmental education and continuing education for adults. The analysis focused on training activities observed in Quebec’s (Canada) municipal context. It was also mediated by my own reflective practice as an environmental professional working in a municipal context over a span of 20 years. The characterization focused more specifically on the contents of the training, the goals pursued, and the approaches adopted. These aspects are interpreted in the light of two distinct training perspectives : a socio-ecological perspective, largely dominant, and an emerging psychosocial perspective. We will see that beyond the current limits, the convergence of these two perspectives can provide a rich breeding ground for the design of training programs suited for elected municipal officials. We offer benchmarks for this purpose.