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Major Requirements for Environmental Education*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Margaret R. Biswas  and
Asit K. Biswas
Margaret R. Biswas
Affiliation:
Balliol College, Oxford, England, UK
Asit K. Biswas
Affiliation:
President, International Society for Ecological Modelling, Vice-President, International Water Resources Association, Director, Biswas & Associates, 76 Woodstock Close, Oxford OX2 8DD, England, UK.
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Environment can be better managed only if people have understanding and appreciation of it. This can be achieved only through environmental education, and that is one reason why environmental education is so important and essential at present. Another is to understand our complete dependence on The Biosphere as our only life-suppert and safeguard it against increasing population-pressures.

The basic aim of environmental education is to make individuals and communities understand the complex nature of natural and Man-made environments resulting from the interaction of their biological, physical, social, economic, and cultural, aspects. There are several major requirements which are likely to contribute to its success. These are interdisciplinarity, interrelatedness, flexibility, non-dogmatism, problem anticipation, emphasis on problem-solving, and ‘practise what you preach’.

Environmental education alone and by itself will not solve all environmental problems, but environmental education is a prerequisite for better environmental management and, ultimately, for safeguarding The Biosphere.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , Summer 1982 , pp. 125 - 130
Copyright
Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1982

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