Environmental Education
“Participation of the Community Environmental awareness and conservation”
Introduction
The environment is defined as the conditions surrounding and affecting the development or growth. It can be understood as a system that includes all living and nonliving things, i. e. air, water, soil, vegetation, flora and fauna. Environmental education is a learning process that provides the experience necessary to obtain an understanding of the natural and artificial. The environment is a global concept of today and the first environmental education and environmental awareness. environmental awareness is an approach to learning. This document explains the creation of awareness among students through environmental education. The concern to protect the environment each individual needs to save and protect the environment. Conservation is the science and art of managing the system and the resources they depend.
Creating environmental awareness
Environmental education should be encouraged in the first environmentally-conscious student. So recognize or examine the relationship between man and nature. Students gain knowledge and skills of teachers to solve environmental problems. Encourage teachers to develop attitudes of students have participated in various environmental protection programs for the environment. Teachers and parents try to instill environmental awareness and development of healthy and positive attitude towards the environment since the beginning of life. There is a fundamental need to organize and conduct educational programs focused on environmental issues, behavioral problems, conservation and preservation of the environment.
Environmental Conservation
Conservation has been misinterpreted by many as a moratorium on its progress. This is, in fact, not true. Only sustainable development is a permanent solution to drought, hunger and the reduction of bio – diversity in this land. It involves an attitude of conservation and understanding that require active management of things (s) that is conserved. Four decades ago, the words such as conservation and the environment have very little knowledge. But for one day may find the message of conservation in all the newspapers, on one hand and books cutboard.
Sustainable development
Environment is everyone and we all have a responsibility to contribute to its preservation and protection. When we develop, we must take into account two fundamental characteristics of development: (i) the benefits should be argued that now must be met for the next generation. (Ii) must be ethical. Whatever the benefit of a person or a species may not affect other individuals or species.
The objective of development should not only be to raise the economic level, but also raise the social, economic people, ethical and spiritual. Today, sustainable development has become a watchword two essential aspects for sustainable development are among them – the generation of capital and underlines that provide healthy living conditions and resources to our future generations fil.
Development Measures
V The emphasis on “decentralized industry”
San stimulus for the shape of the tree ”
V Declaration of water as the main forest product
ª Conservation and management of forests
v The preservation of “mono-culture is a mixed forest”
v “Designing with Nature”, using appropriate technology
V Use “which is the focus of 3R, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”
v Prompt “Education and Awareness for the Environment”
c / use of resources refers to “carrying capacity”
V, having a value based Environmental Education
v Develop a lifestyle of “Harmony with Nature”
Community Involvement
schools in the behavior of several programs to raise awareness of environmental protection among all men in society. You can arrange the fields of social services and areas of community service for the preservation of which will be led by teachers and students for the good of society. For example. Clean village, town clean dust-free cities, camps and awareness camps on health, etc, are mostly students of NSS, CCI, CNC, to take responsibility for creating awareness and environmental conservation among the public.
Objectives of environmental education
The contributions of communities to environmental issues
In India, the level of the population is increasing rapidly among these 70% of the population lives in the village. Each village has given the community of people. Your participation can contribute to environmental protection and conservation programs. Educated people here can take to the fields of awareness, conservation programs. For example, rain water saving, recycling, water use, environment, mass programs, etc. On the other hand rich people of the community as Rotary Club, Lions Club, Cosmopolitan Club, Junior Champers, etc. are conducting various awareness programs often conservation program. Create public interest to maintain to preserve the environment. Above this awareness program are possible when people have an adequate education. Therefore, to instill environmental education of children. We will begin the environmental awareness to primary school than the public.
The role of media to create environmental awareness
We have seen that the media, especially radio, in its different can become almost a panacea to spread knowledge about environmental concerns for the optimal level. A very important recent development in India Radio has been the transition to the use of the enormous potential of community radio (CR). This concept has to do something to it by the community. The purpose and objective of the CR-Channels include the preservation of their culture and language, the launch of advertising campaign to create awareness for the good of the community with the environment. These services are made to the air, MIB, PSB, Prasarbharathy and regional FM radio.
Knowledge and educational needs in rural communities
The main objective of environmental education to people in society must be aware, informed and instill positive attitudes toward the environment and make it able to solve environmental problems in order to participate in the activities undertaken to protect ‘ rural areas, people should know the environmental concerns so that you can help protect the environment because they have the gift to the environment and also our ancestors, a loan from our spring off. Instead, you must return the environment for posterity in both quality and quantity.
Role of NGOs in environmental activities
Environmental NGOs have played an important role in protecting the environment and development by linking local with global. The collaborative work of these NGOs lead, respect for local needs. Some NGOs are working for environmental awareness, and some are working on the investigation. The complementary work of NGOs dealing more specifically with how the NGO community impacts environmental issues
Conclusion
“If you think for one year, ground rice, if you plant trees for ten years, and if you’re going to educate one hundred years.” So if we are to save our country, we need to flourish as our king, there is a strong need to conserve our natural resources and the proper use of them. We believe that the earth as a living, not today but tomorrow there will be no place in the distant and half for every living being. The preservation and conservation of the environment is our sacred duty. All of us living on this planet, whether rich or poor farmers, industrial workers, or workers, or home office assistants wife, VIP and ordinary men, as individuals or groups are responsible for the current plight of our environment and each of us must contribute to its improvement, preservation and conservation.
Reference
University News Volume: 42 No 19-25 July 29, 2004
University News issue special issue: No. 42 46 15 a November 21, 2004
University News Volume 41 No. 42 October 20 to 26, 2003
University News Volume 44 No. 12 20 to 26 March 2006
Environmental education editor for Kumar Bharati, Chennai dominant publisher.
Tags: Awareness, Conservation, EDUCATIONCommunity, Environment, Participation