Environmental Education and COVID-19：Impact and Response

Since its evolution environment has remained both a matter of awe and concern to man. The frontier attitude of the industrialized society towards nature has not only endangered the survival of all other life forms but also threatened the very existence of human life. The realization of such potential danger has necessitated the dissemination of knowledge and skill vis-a-vis environment protection at all stages of learning. Therefore, learners of all stages of learning need to be sensitized with a missionary zeal. This may ensure transformation of students into committed citizens for averting global environment crisis. The advancement of science and technology made the life more and more relaxed and man also became more and more ambitious. With such development, human dependence on environment increased. He consumed more resources and the effect of his activities on the environment became more and more detectable. Environment covers all the things present around the living beings and above the land, on the surface of the earth and under the earth. Environment indicates, in total, all of peripheral forces, pressures and circumstances, which affect the life, nature, behaviour, growth, development and maturation of living beings. Irrational exploitation (not utilization) of natural resources for our greed (not need) has endangered our survival, and incurred incalculable harm. Environmental Education is a science, a well-thought, permanent, lasting and integrated process of equipping learning experiences for getting awareness, knowledge, understanding, skills, values, technical expertise and involvement of learners with desirable attitudinal changes about their relationship with their natural and biophysical environment. Environmental Education is an organized effort to educate the masses about environment, its functions, need, importance, and especially how human beings can manage their behaviour in order to live in a sustainable manner. The term 'environmental awareness' refers to creating general awareness of environmental issues, their causes by bringing about changes in perception, attitude, values and necessary skills to solve environment related problems. Moreover, it is the first step leading to the formation of responsible environmental behaviour (Stern, 2000). With the ever increasing development by modern man, large scale degradation of natural resources have been occurred, the public has to be educated about the fact that if we are degrading our environment we are actually harming ourselves. To encourage meaningful public participation and environment, it is necessary to create awareness about environment pollution and related adverse effects. This is the crucial time that environmental awareness and environmental sensitivity should be cultivated among the masses particularly among youths. For the awareness of society it is essential to work at a gross root level. So the whole society can work to save the environment.

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Ecological Enlightenment: System Approach

Bibliotekovedenie [Library and Information Science (Russia)] ◽

10.25281/0869-608x-2013-0-4-112-116 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 112-116

Author(s):

Galina I. Kukatova

Keyword(s):

Environmental Education ◽

Natural Resources ◽

System Approach ◽

Ecological Knowledge ◽

Rational Use

The article is devoted to the problems of protection and rational use of natural resources of the Bryansk region, the environmental education of the population and propaganda of ecological knowledge and the activities of the regional libraries in this area.

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LA EDUCACIÓN AMBIENTAL PARA EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE EN LA FORMACIÓN DE TÉCNICOS COMPETENTES.

REVISTA CIENCIAS PEDAGÓGICAS E INNOVACIÓN ◽

10.26423/rcpi.v3i1.7 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Pedro Rodríguez Orozco ◽

Madelin Rodríguez Rensoli

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Education ◽

Key Words ◽

Professional Education ◽

Middle Level ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Palabras Clave ◽

Middle Level Students

El desarrollo de la educación ambiental para el desarrollo sostenible, se convierte en una necesidad de la formación de los estudiantes del nivel técnico medio dentro de la Educación Técnica Profesional (ETP), es por ello que en el presente artículo, a partir de aplicar los métodos de revisión documental y sistematización, se debate acerca de los términos educación ambiental y gestión ambiental para el desarrollo sostenible, posibilitan identificar la necesidad que tienen el tratamiento metodológico y didáctico para que los docentes y funcionarios incorporen los temas medio ambientales en la formación de los técnicos medios de la especialidad de Refrigeración. Palabras clave: Educación ambiental; Desarrollo sostenible y Educación Técnica Profesional ABSTRACT The development of the environmental education for the sustainable development becomes a necessity for the formation of the technical middle level students of the Technical Professional Education. Hence, it is debated in this article, by applying the methods of documentary review and systematization, the terms environmental education and environmental management for the sustainable development, identify the need for the methodological and didactic treatment, so that the docents and officials incorporate the environmental topics into the technician´s formation in the specialty of refrigeration. Key words: Environmental Education, Sustainable development, and Technical Professional Education Recibido: diciembre 2015Aprobado: febrero 2015

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