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e. Environmental education (EE) refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and particularly, how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems to live sustainably. It is a multi-disciplinary field integrating disciplines such as biology, chemistry, physics, ecology, earth science, atmospheric science, mathematics ...
The Environmental Education Act of 1970 [15] led to the creation of the Office of Environmental Education in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, [16] and the following year the organization which became the current day North American Association for Environmental Education was founded, [17] and which has a number of affiliates [18] in ...
Environmental adult education is a "hybrid outgrowth of the environmental movement and adult education, combining an ecological orientation with a learning paradigm to provide a vigorous educational approach to environmental concerns." [1] It refers to efforts in teaching environmental issues and how individuals and businesses can manage or ...
Geography. Environmental studies (EVS or EVST) is a multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment. Environmental studies connects principles from the physical sciences, commerce/economics, the humanities, [1] and social sciences [2] to address complex contemporary environmental issues. It ...
Environmental protection. Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, groups and governments. [ 1 ] Its objectives are to conserve natural resources and the existing natural environment and, where it is possible, to repair damage and reverse trends.
Eco-Schools is an international programme of the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) that aims to “empower students to be the change our sustainable world needs by engaging them in fun, action-orientated, and socially responsible learning.” [1][2] Each school follows a seven step change process and aims to “empowers young people ...
The Stockholm Declaration of 1972, or the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, is the first United Nations declaration on the global environment. It consists of 26 principles and led to the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which laid the foundation for future global environmental ...
Ecological literacy. Ecological literacy (also referred to as ecoliteracy) is the ability to understand the natural systems that make life on earth possible. To be ecoliterate means understanding the principles of organization of ecological communities (i.e. ecosystems) and using those principles for creating sustainable human communities.