EXPLORING BIODIVERSITY: A Guide for Educators Around the World
EXPLORING BIODIVERSITY: A Guide for Educators Around the World
EXPLORING BIODIVERSITY: A Guide for Educators Around the World
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Environmental education has five objectives:<br />
• Awareness of and sensitivity to environmental<br />
problems<br />
• Basic knowledge and understanding of how<br />
<strong>the</strong> environment functions<br />
• Positive attitudes and values towards <strong>the</strong><br />
environment<br />
• Skills to identify, investigate, and resolve<br />
environmental problems<br />
• Active participation in environmental<br />
protection<br />
The guide also explores pathways to<br />
sustainability—meeting <strong>the</strong> needs of <strong>the</strong> present<br />
without compromising our ability to meet <strong>the</strong><br />
needs of <strong>the</strong> future. The activities in this guide<br />
encourage students to consider <strong>the</strong> perspective of<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r individuals, communities, and cultures,<br />
and to look <strong>for</strong>ward to assess <strong>the</strong> way that our<br />
actions affect <strong>the</strong> lives of people and o<strong>the</strong>r species<br />
all over <strong>the</strong> world. Students are challenged to<br />
think about fairness, individual and community<br />
responsibility, and o<strong>the</strong>r concerns that are critical<br />
to our understanding of sustainability.<br />
Specifically, education <strong>for</strong> sustainability explores<br />
<strong>the</strong> relationships among ecological integrity,<br />
economic prosperity, and social equity.<br />
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