Enhance

CHAPTER 6 Ecological Literacy

OBJECtlVES

At the end of this chapter, you should be able to: • define ecological.literacy; • distinguish among environmental literacy, ecoliteracy, and ecological literacy; • describe an ecoliterate person; and • recognize individual and collective roles in protecting and rehabilitating the environment and ecosystem.

The development of ecological understanding is not simply another subject to be learnt but a fundamental change in the way we see the world. -John Lyle, 1994