Importance of environmental education

Importance of environmental education 

   Environmental belongs to all and is thus important for all. Whatever be the occupation or age of a person, he / she will be affected by environmental and will also affect the environment by his/ her deeds.

      The understanding of the subject needs an adequate knowledge of geography, climatology , soil science, microbiology, biochemistry, biophysics, sociology, economic etc 

The main importance of environmental education is as follows

1) Environmental education is important for the betterment of economy and welfare of human society.

2) It help us in careful handling the issues like pollution menace, over exploitation of natural resources, food security and sustainable development.

3) Environmental education demonstrate how man can derive benefits from the environment without destroying.

4) Environmental education trains us to conserve our fast depleting natural resources.

5) Environmental education helps in inculcating attitudes and values conducive to environmental protection and understanding of inter dependence of nature and man.

6) It create an increase civil sense and an awareness of the economic political and ecological inter dependence of the modern world.

7) It helps to understand different food chains and the ecological balance in nature.

 8) Today eco-friendly technology is the need of hour, because it promotes bleeding of traditional knowledge with modern technologies. It can be achieved only through environmental education.

9) Reckless use of agrochemicals and fertilizers has degraded the environment and has disturbed the ecological balance. Environmental education helps us to find ways and means to maintain the ecological balance.

10) Environmental has been a source of happiness for man and time has come to preserve this happiness for man by imparting environmental education.

On the whole if we want to live in a clean, healthy , aesthetically beautiful ,safe and secure environment for a long time and wish to hand over a clean and safe earth to our coming generations, it is most important to understand the basic of environmental.