WHATS THE POINT?

How and
WHY AND Why
HOWenvironmental issues are neglected?
IS THE ENVIRONMENT
NEGLECTED?
1. Unrecognised Awareness

Suspicion of negative effects

Not enough information to determine

how the importance of the issue

Access to information/ resources are

limited or lacking

The eco-school programme will enable

pupils, parents and staff to access
accurate and timely information.
2. False awareness

A person believes that all the information

is accessible and that he has it, even the
information that he has may be
insufficient, outdated, or misunderstood.

The eco-school teams will product a

Environmental Review every term, with
new numerical estimates, and provide up-
to-date resources for pupils, parents, and
staff.
3. Deliberate awareness

People do not find an environmental topic

to be important, and thus do not seek out
more information on the problem

Even when the problem starts to become

a topic of interest

Rather than bombarding people with

scientific evidence, the eco-school
programme helps people understand
issues in ethical and emotional terms.
4. Concealed awareness

People who purposefully omits

information and is unable or unwilling to
share it with others.

This kind of awareness may be motivated

by financial issues or a benevolent
attempt to secure the public good.

People may be unable to share

information because of a lack of resources
or opportunities.

The eco-school committee will provide up-

to-date news, and presentations which
encourages people to share factual
information.
WHY SHOULD WE CONSERVE OUR
ENVIRONMENT?
SHALLOW ECOLOGY

The view that nature has instrumental

value. In other words, nature is valuable
only as a means to an end.

Harming the environment is morally

wrong because it harms humans and
deprives sentient beings of a means of
experiencing pleasure.
 Future
generations
But there must be the look ahead, there must be
a realization of the fact that to waste, to destroy,
our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the
land instead of using it so as to increase its
usefulness, will result in undermining in the days
of our children the very prosperity which we
ought by right to hand down to them amplified
and developed. President Theodore
 Biodiversity

We should judge every scrap

of biodiversity as priceless
while we learn to use it and
come to understand what it
means to humanity. E.O.
Wilson (American
Biologist)
Environment & Health

When the earth is sick and

polluted, human health is
impossible. To heal
ourselves we must heal our
planet, and to heal our
planet we must heal
ourselves. Bobby
Limited resources

Destroying rainforest for

economic gain is like
burning a Renaissance
painting to cook a meal.
Edward O. Wilson
DEEP ECOLOGY

The view that

Humans have no right to reduce richness
& diversity except to satisfy vital needs

Plans to protect air and

water, wilderness and
wildlife, are in fact plans to
protect man.
Stewart L. Udall
Intrinsic
value