ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

EDNA S. TONIACAO

Environmental education is a term whose correct meaning should be Education for Sustainable Development as it clearly indicates the purpose of the effort. Education is to educate the individual in their own development with their environment, ie environment. This process, besides generating awareness and solutions to environmental problems caused by different activities and effects of the relationship that generates man against the environment, is a problem more attitude than consciousness of a whole society that a single individual it is rather a mechanism influences besides the interaction within ecosystems, processes and physical, chemical and same biological factors, react, interact and intervene each other, within it, whose purpose is to understand our environment and form a conservationist culture where men apply in all production processes, likewise also giving solution to environmental problems that have currently generated.

Helping individuals and social groups acquire greater sensitivity and awareness about caring for the environment, creating viable solutions for optimal maintenance.

Knowledge. Helping individuals and social groups acquire a basic understanding of the environment as a whole, the related problems and the presence and role of humanity in it, which implies a critical responsibility.

Attitudes. Helping individuals and social groups acquire social values ??and a deep interest in the environment.

Aptitudes. Helping individuals and social groups acquire the necessary skills to solve environmental problems.

Evaluation capacity. Helping individuals and social groups to evaluate measures and environmental education programs in terms of ecological, social, aesthetic and educational, political,.

Participation Helping individuals and social groups to develop their sense of responsibility and to become aware of the urgent need to pay attention to environmental problems, to ensure that appropriate action is taken.

Develop responsible attitudes regarding environmental protection.

Acquire habits and customs in line with careful appropriation of resources for everyday use and transportation.

Knowing the work of key governmental and non-governmental organizations, national and international, committed to global environmental problems.

Distinguish the causes that alter the environment

Identify the interaction between natural factors and human intervention. Recognizing the importance of the impact that different economic models in the environment.

Examine ways of appropriation of natural resources and environmental impact they generate. You need to understand the degree of importance of environmental culture to protect and preserve our planet, therefore education should be at all social levels, without exception of people.

But either one takes into account not only just well structured objects, but to take them to the letter, but of course for obvious reasons it is difficult and complicated enough to reason to which people do not understand or will not understand that environmental education is already more physical than ideological problem, a problem that not only affects one or some but to the entire planet, the various harmful substances emitted by humans.

Given that environmental education is a process that is based on both reflection and permanent critical analysis, in which an individual and a group can reach appropriate their reality to understand holistically the reactions that occur both natural , cultural and social.

The importance of environmental education is based on the contribution of knowledge and information that facilitates man to interpret natural phenomena and processes of change occurring within them, ie they can be with the knowledge provided by environmental education explain weather phenomena or processes that cause them.

Well structured and well managed this process results in the solution of environmental problems, which has also contributed to the process of social development that is contemplated, if not so well has thus allowed the same alternatives to solve the problems of imbalance, caused by man natural ecosystems.

In everyday life, this allows the man coexists better about himself, his fellows and the surrounding environment, increasing sensitivity as well as their ability to make better use of natural resources, having a favorable attitude with which you can ensure a better quality of life for present and future generations.

While it is clear, environmental education is necessary and indispensable for all humanity, although not out worn correctly, if it has brought several gains not only to humans but to lower pump time which carries with it the atmosphere and affects the process of life lived.

Another tool that helps environmental education is music and that by this means can convey different messages not only to the few, if not the types of people who listen, because this way they can understand the importance to maintain and preserve what at any given time will have consequences because the man himself is destroying their own environment.

Advertising although many do not see it that way trade and manage several campaigns of different companies also boost environmental education because through it encourage acquire ecological values, and for such campaigns and phrases achieve that one it can adapt to the life we ??lead, for example recycling and implementation of conservation campaigns.

However this is rather puts environmental education in a chain where each analyzes, proposes and acts on what he believes and thinks it’s up as a good deed for the day.

Today it is very difficult not to be immersed in the topic of globalization , since globalization is a phenomenon of international character , to the extent that societies become interdependent in all aspects of life (political , economic, educational , social and ecological) . From the economic perspective of globalization we will focus on the important role of education as essential for the growth of human beings and society factor . Education is crucial to the economic development of a country. In this paper we present an analysis of the economics of education , which is mainly discuss the concept of globalization to have a broad overview of the subject , just as board their advantages and disadvantages. And a study which was its impact on education. Finally, we present the conclusions of this paper.

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The author is Head Teacher III at Santos Ventura National High School, Mabalacat City