Methodologies for Environmental

Education
Karen V. Bahande

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Environmental

education is a process
by which people develop awareness,
concern, and knowledge of the
environment and learn to use this
understanding to preserve, conserve
and utilize the environment in a
sustainable manner for the benefit of
the
present
generations.
It entails
theand
willfuture
to take
personal
initiatives and social participation
to achieve sustainability.

Environmental
Principles

1. Nature knows best.

2. All forms of life are

equally important.

3. Everything is
interconnected.

4. Everything
changes.

5. Everything must
go somewhere.

6. Ours is a finite
Earth.

7. Nature is beautiful
and we are stewards
of Gods creation.

Major Environmental issues and

Concerns.
Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Land Pollution
and Climate Change.

Environment
al Issues and
Concerns

Causes

Effects

Solutions

Water
Pollution

Dumping
industrial
waste into the
nearby
sources of
water.
Improper
disposal of
human and
animal waste.
Fertilizers,
pesticides
used in
agriculture.
Pathogens,
sediments
and chemical
pollutants.

Damage to
the food
chain.
Diseases can
be spread
through
polluted
water.
Acid rain
Alteration of
the over all
chemistry of
water.
Contaminated
marine food
sources.
Altered water
temperatures
which can kill
the marine

Never throw
rubbish
anywhere.
Do not throw
chemicals,
oils, paints
and any
medicine
down the
sink drain of
the toilet.
Encourage to
buy
environment
al friendly
products
Encourage to
use of
organic

Environment
al Issues
and
Concerns

Air Pollution

Causes

Effects

Solutions

Acid rain
Burning of
Encourage
Health
fossil fuel.
your family to
problems to
Increased
use the bus,
human beings
level of
train or bike
i.e. respiratory
carbon
when
disorders,
dioxide in the
commuting. If
cancer,
etc.
air.
we all do this,

Global
Car exhausts
there will be
warming
and other
less cars on
emissions
road and less
(SMOG)
fumes.
Increased
Recycle and
road and air
re-use things.
Use energy
traffic.
Chlorofluoroc
(light, water,
arbons
boiler, kettle
(CFCs) use in
and fire
refrigerants
woods)

Environment
al Issues and
Concerns

Waste and
Land
Pollution

Causes

Effects

Solutions

Degenerativ Leads to loss

Encourage
e actions i.e.
of forest cover
to use
deforestatio
of the earth.
organic
n, overuse of Destruction of
fertilizers
pesticides
natural habitat
rather than
and
of species
inorganic
chemical
leading to
fertilizers.
Proper
fertilizers,
their
desertificatio
extinction.
segregation
Biomagnin, mining,
of waste.
Reduce
inadequate
fication
waste
whereby
Waste,Retreatment.
certain nonusethings
Soil pollution
biodegradable
and
caused by
substances
Recyclethin
overuse of
accumulate in
gs.
chemical
the food chain Store all
fertilizers
affecting the
liquid
and
food pyramid.
chemicals

Environment
al Issues and
Concerns

Waste and
Land
Pollution

Causes

Effects

Effects of
Misuse of
biodiversity
land i.e.
that brings
desertificatio
about
n, land
disruption of
conversion,
the balance of
felling of
nature.
trees to
clear land of Diseases,
health
agriculture
problems.
Land
conversion
Urbanization
, improper
waste
disposal, Ewaste,
industrial
activities.

Solutions

Buy products
that have
little
packaging.
Dont dump
motor oil on
the ground.
Store all
liquid
chemicals
and waste in
spill-proof
containers.

Environment
al Issues and
Concerns

Causes

Effects

Solutions

Climate
Change

Global
warming due
to
greenhouse
effect
Increased
world
population
Burning of
fossil fuels

Heat waves
Rising
temperature
Worsened air
pollution
Increased of
SMOG
Wildfire smoke
and pollution
Drought, floods
Spread of
epidemic
diseases
Worsened
waterborne,
illnesses,
infectious
diseases.

Driving less
Renewable
energyinclud
ing energy
from wind,
solar, wave,
biofuels, etc.,
substitutes
directly for
fossil fuels
and
eliminates
CO2
emissions
entirely.
Energy
conservation
Plant more
trees

ACTIVITY

BY GROUP.
Choose one major issues and perform a play
showing your own strategic plan.

CRITERIA
Concept/Message
30%
Originality
30%
Unity
20%
Impact and Presentation
20%

Conservation is the application of common sense

to common problems for the common good.

- Gifford Pinchot