safeguarding the environment our earth, our home

Safeguarding The Environment our Earth, Our Home (Let's Go GREEN)

Cherry Y. OsteriaBSED-FILI3A

Our World today is very different from the past. Since The time The international Earth Day was proclaimed in 1970 by its founder, John McConnel, our Awareness and Knowledge about the environment has increased dramatically. It is a well-known fact that the biosphere continues to suffer from the abusive impact of human populations and their technology.

Introduction

What is Environmental

Education?• as Early as the 18th century, Jean-Jacques Rousseau Introduces a philosophy on environmental education in his work, Emile. Several Decades Later, this philosophy was echoed by louis Agassiz, a Swiss-born naturalist, as he encouraged student to study nature, not books these two influential scholar helped lay the foundation for a concrete environmental education program known as nature study, which took place in the late 19th century and early 20th century

• Environmental education is a process by which people awareness, concern and knowledge of the environment and learn to use this understanding ti preserve, conserve and utilize the environment in a sustainable manner for the benefits of present and future generations.

Goals, Objective and Aims of Environmental Education

The goals of environmental education are:

1. To Improve The Quality of Environment2. To Create awareness among the people on environmental problems and conversation3. To create an atmosphere so that people participate in decision-making and develop the capabilities to evaluate the developmental programs

AWARENESS - to help social groups and individuals acquire an awareness of and sensitivity to the total environment and its allied problems.

KNOWLEDGE- to help social groups and individuals gain a variety of experiences and acquire a basic understanding of the environment and its associated problems.

ATTITUDES- to help social groups and individual acquire a set of values and feeling of concern for the environment and the motivation for actively participating in environmental improvement and protections.

SKILLS- to help social groups and individuals acquire the skills for identifying and solving environmental problems

PARTICIPATION- to provide social groups and individuals with opportunity to be actively at all levels working towards the resolution of environmental problems.

• the Basic aim of environmental education is to provide different groups of people as well as graduate in a variety of professional fields with the knowledge needed to develop a sense of responsibility towards the environmental and the rational utilization of its riches.

The Objectives of Environmental Education

IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

1.Increases student engagement in science.

2. Improves student achievement in core subject areas


3. Provides Critical tools for a 21st century workforce


4. Helps address "Nature Deficit disorder”


ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS

WATER POLLUTIONCAUSES

1. Dumping industrial wastes into the nearby sources of water.2. Improper disposal of human and animal wastes.3. Fertilizers, pesticides used in agriculture4. pathogens, sediments and chemical

EFFECTS

1. Damage to the food chain.2. Diseases can be spread through polluted water,3. Acid rain4. Alteration of the over all chemistry of water.5. Contaminated Marine food sources.6. Altered water temperatures which can kill the marine life.

1. Acid Rain2. Health problems to human beingsi.e respiratory disorder, cancer etc.3. Global Warming

1. Burning of fossil fuel.2. Increased level of carbon dioxide in the air.3. Car Exhausts and other emissions(SMOG)4. Released extra dust and sand into the air due to desertification of wilderness.5. Chloroflourocarbons (CFCs) used in refrigerants and aerosol propellants6. Increased road and air traffic.

AIR POLLUTIONENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS

CAUSES EFFECTS

1. leads to loss of forest cover of the earth.2. Destruction of natural habitat of species leading to their extinction.3. disease, health problems


WASTE AND LAND POLLUTION

CAUSES EFFECTS1. Degenerative actions i.e deforestation, overuse of pesticide and chemical fertilization.2. Misuse of Land i.e desertification, land conversion, felling of trees to clear land for agriculture3. land conversion 4. urbanization, Improper waste disposal, Ewastes, Industrial activities

1.Global warming due to "Greenhouse effect"2. Increased world population.3. Burning of Fossil Fuels.

1. Heat waves2. Rising Temperature3. Worsened air population4. Increased SMOG5. Wildfire smoke and pollution6. Drought, Floods7. Spread of Epidemic diseases8. Worsened waterborne illnesses,infectious diseases


WASTE AND LAND POLLUTION

CAUSES EFFECTS

NATURE KNOWS BEST

nature has the ability to regulate, perpetuate and maintain its balance and keep both living and non-living components stable.

ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES

ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLESALL FORMS OF LIFE ARE EQUALITY

IMPORTANTAll living organisms have the inherent right to exist.


EVERYTHING IS INTERCONNECTEDAll things on earth are connected to everything else.


EVERYTHING CHANGES

Seasons helps produce different flower, Fruit, vegetables and other crops


EVERYTHING MUST GO SOMEWHERE

This law reminds us of the Law of Conservation of matter.


OURS IS A FINITE EARTH

This law tell us that there are limits to the population that an area can support to prevent exhaustion of resources.


NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE ARE STEWARDS OF GOD's CREATION