PUNJAB ENVIS CENTRE

STATE ENVIRONMENT ISSUES

 

 

 

 

 

" The most important task, if we are to save the Earth, is to educate."   

                                                                                                                Peter Scott, one of the founders of WWF   
 

• Education has been the utmost priority of any civilized society since the ages and will remain same for all eternity.  The rise and fall of the human race depends largely on the quality of education being provided through the available modes and agencies.

 

• Environmental Education (EE) is a process of recognizing values and clarifying concepts in order to develop skills and added tools necessary to understand and appreciate the inter-relationship among man, his culture and his bio-physical surrounding. It creates an overall perspective, which acknowledges the fact that natural environment and man-made environment are interdependent.

 

• The main objective of EE is to improve public awareness and understanding of environmental issues with a view to promote the conservation and wide use of nature and natural resources.

 

• According to the first Inter-governmental Conference on EE held at Tbilisi, Georgia (USSR) in 1977 organized by the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in cooperation with the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) the objectives of EE at all levels—local, national, regional, and international and for all age groups both inside and outside the formal school system are as follows:

• An awareness of the environment and its problems.

 

• Basic knowledge and understanding of the environment and its interrelationship with man.

 

• Social values and attitudes which are in harmony with environmental quality.

 

• Skills to solve environmental problems.

 

• Ability to evaluate environmental measures and education programmes.

 

• A sense of responsibility and urgency towards the environment so as to ensure appropriate actions to solve environmental problems.

 

 

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