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[Figure 5] Structure of Contents on “Environment and Green Growth”
B. Introduction of Environment Project
The second characteristic of this curriculum is the full-scale introduction of
“environment project,” meaning that the environment course must have a practical
basis. In the new curriculum, “environment project” covers the entire education
curriculum. For this purpose, it proceeds all other chapters. Putting “environment
project” into practice is strongly recommended in textbooks and field education.
C. Strengthening a Comprehensive Approach to Environmental
Problems
The environmental problem is not a problem of the environment only. We all
know that when we are looking at environmental problems, we need to synthetically
understand all the factors that interact with the environment. But the former
“environment” curriculum was insufficient for representing this kind of synthetic
approach. But the concept of green growth is a response to the climate change and
depletion of energy and resources caused by the overconsumption of energy and
resources for economic and social activities. Therefore, it is a concept that must be
approached comprehensively because it concerns many factors other than just the
environment. Hence, this new curriculum accentuates the relationship among
environment, society and economy in the first major chapter. Here, human activities,