Introducing Environmental Awareness in Schools
The word “ Environment” is derived from the French word “ Environ ” which means “Surrounding.” This literally means that the environment is everything around the living being. This includes both the physical and socio-cultural ecosystem. In the classroom and beyond, the desired outcome of environmental education (EE) is environmental literacy. To that end, environmental education strives to increase public awareness and knowledge of the environment and to provide the necessary skills to make...