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ironmental Concern in Education
Anu Sanga
Atish Krishanu
There is now a worldwide concern over the awareness of these issues is insufficient to
damage being done to the environment bring about change. Environmental education
through human activity. This damage is must strongly promote the need to personal
sometimes global, as in the case of depletion initiatives and social participation to achieve
of the ozone layer and increase in green -house sustainability.
gas emissions. Often the damage is regional
like the fast degradation of native forests or Environmental education, a vital component of
the erosion of river catchments. Often too, the efforts to solve environmental problems, must
damage is local such as pollution from motor stay relevant to the needs and interests of the
vehicles, contamination of soil by chemicals, community and yet constantly must adapt to
sewage discharges etc. there are hundreds of the rapidly changing social and technological
other human activities which put stress on the landscape. Environmental concern demands
environment. protection of the natural world of land, sea, air,
plant and animal.
Environment education, together with
sound legislation, sustainable management In the present day world environment has been
and responsible actions by individuals and affected at a very large scale. Mainly human
communities, is an important component of an beings are responsible for the destruction of
effective policy framework for protecting and natural environment for their different needs.
managing the environment. Therefore, it is very important that one should
understand the importance of nature in human’s
Environment education is a new focus for life and significance of living sustainably.
education. It is a way of helping individuals With the help of environmental education we
and societies to resolve fundamental issues can reduce damage caused to our nature and
relating to the current and future use of the hence, it can lead us to sustainable way of life in
world resources. However, simply raising harmony with the existing environment.
70% of human brain is water
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Anu Sanga
Atish Krishanu
There is now a worldwide concern over the awareness of these issues is insufficient to
damage being done to the environment bring about change. Environmental education
through human activity. This damage is must strongly promote the need to personal
sometimes global, as in the case of depletion initiatives and social participation to achieve
of the ozone layer and increase in green -house sustainability.
gas emissions. Often the damage is regional
like the fast degradation of native forests or Environmental education, a vital component of
the erosion of river catchments. Often too, the efforts to solve environmental problems, must
damage is local such as pollution from motor stay relevant to the needs and interests of the
vehicles, contamination of soil by chemicals, community and yet constantly must adapt to
sewage discharges etc. there are hundreds of the rapidly changing social and technological
other human activities which put stress on the landscape. Environmental concern demands
environment. protection of the natural world of land, sea, air,
plant and animal.
Environment education, together with
sound legislation, sustainable management In the present day world environment has been
and responsible actions by individuals and affected at a very large scale. Mainly human
communities, is an important component of an beings are responsible for the destruction of
effective policy framework for protecting and natural environment for their different needs.
managing the environment. Therefore, it is very important that one should
understand the importance of nature in human’s
Environment education is a new focus for life and significance of living sustainably.
education. It is a way of helping individuals With the help of environmental education we
and societies to resolve fundamental issues can reduce damage caused to our nature and
relating to the current and future use of the hence, it can lead us to sustainable way of life in
world resources. However, simply raising harmony with the existing environment.
70% of human brain is water
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