Essay On Environmental Education

Introduction:

Climate change creates elevated levels of uncertainty about our future and amid this uncertainty, one thing is certain. We will leave the Earth to our children, young people and future generations.

As we saw in the past, there are many more rules, laws, conventions are made for protecting the environment but there is no effective implementation. For this implementation youth play a vital role.

Young people constitute a large part of the world’s population and young people will have to live longer with the consequences of current environmental decisions than will their elders. Future generations will also be affected by these decisions and the extent to which they have addressed concerns such as

the depletion of resources,

However, many of these linkages are not apparent at the first instance.

This is where education is crucial. To bring environment and development concerns to people’s notice, to enable them to understand the linkages between the two, to encourage them to take appropriate action, and to equip them with the skills necessary

for taking the required action— education is necessary for all this.

This education, referred to as

‘Environmental Education’ is defined as a process aimed at developing a world population that is aware of and concerned about the ‘total environment’ and its associated problems, and which has the knowledge, attitudes, commitments and skills to work individually and collectively towards the solution of current problems and the prevention of new ones.

Why Involve Youth?

Young people need opportunities to develop skills, and when adequately directed can easily and effectively support organisational work without a lot of experience. Environmental programmes should try to involve young people as promoters basically

because they have a lot of extra time and energy and are tremendously