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WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION?

Environmental education refers to
organized efforts to teach about how
natural environments function and,
particularly, how human beings can
manage their behaviour and ecosystems in
order to live sustainably.
WHY ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION?
 Man’s greed for power, prosperity and
prestige has done untold damage to
the environment.
 He has used development as a means
to exploit nature to its maximum not
caring a bit for the damage it has
done and is doing to humanity.

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Though it’s a delayed realisation man feels
that progress in science and technology
should keep pace with sustainable
development with minimum consumption of
our natural resources in view.
The result- A healthy and a joyful life for our
future generations.
FOR THIS……………
 It
is our duty and also the need of the
hour to expose the younger generation
to the concept of environmental
education.
 We
owe this responsibility of
safeguarding our nature to the future
generation.
WHERE AND WHO BETTER TO
START WITH THAN THE
SCHOOL AND ITS STUDENTS!!!!!!
HOW TO INCLUDE
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM?
Make science classes relevant and
exciting by introducing students to "stateof-the-art" equipment
Introduce students to critical
environmental public health issues
Show students how they can make a
difference in environmental health issues
by presenting a variety of career paths.
Strategies that teachers can adopt
and assist students with….
Labeling and mounting specimens from nature
Organizing collections
Observing nature
Doing experiments in nature
Noticing changes in the environment
Sorting articles from nature
Categorizing objects
Classifying information
Nature hikes or field trips in nature
Wildlife protection projects
Participating in Symposiums
Self-learning activities that can be adopted
by students
Collecting data
Collecting objects from the natural world
Keeping notebooks
Learning characteristics of the natural
world
Gardening
Caring for pets
WHAT DO THEY LEARN?
As the future custodians of the Earth:
They sensitise environment and associated
problems.
They equip themselves with necessary
knowledge and skills to solve the environmental
problems through positive and sustainable
ways.
They inculcate in themselves environmental
values and ethics like conservation of, caring
for and sharing resources of environment.
They learn about the human component
involved when you work together as a
group to investigate environmental
problems and solutions.
They inherently understand the power that
is harnessed when a group of people
combine their gifts and energies towards a
common focus.
IN A NUT
SHELL…………
ATTITUDES
PARTICIPATION
AWARENESS
ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION
SKILLS
SENSITIVITY
Attitudes --to help social groups
and individuals acquire a set of
values and feelings of concern for
the environment and motivation
for actively participating in
environmental improvement and
protection.
ATTITUDES
PARTICIPATION
AWARENESS
ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION
SKILLS
SENSITIVITY
Awareness --to help social
groups and individuals acquire an
awareness and sensitivity to the
total environment and its allied
problems.
ATTITUDES
PARTICIPATION
AWARENESS
ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION
SKILLS
SENSITIVITY
Sensitivity- --to help social groups
and individuals gain a variety of
experiences in, and acquire a set of
values and feelings of concern for the
environment and its associated
issues and problems.
ATTITUDES
PARTICIPATION
AWARENESS
ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION
SKILLS
SENSITIVITY
Skills -- to help individuals
acquire skills for identifying and
solving environmental issues and
problems.
ATTITUDES
PARTICIPATION
AWARENESS
ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION
SKILLS
SENSITIVITY
Participation --to provide
individuals with an opportunity to
be actively involved at all levels in
working towards resolution of
environmental issues and
problems
Prioritisation of Environmental
Education results in the
transformation of…

Environmentally literate students
becoming citizens who are able to
weigh various sides of an
environmental issue and make
responsible decisions as individuals
and as members of their community.
Voice of Concern
Environmental Education is to be given
due importance.
It is a welcome change that Environmental
Education has been made compulsory
from classes I to XII from the academic
session 2005-06. However the ‘doing’
component is still missing.
Earnestly
Nurturing
Various
Invaluable
Resources
guides
in
Of
Nature
Monitoring
Exploitative
Nefarious
Temper