Resources of Teaching Environmental Education
What is Environmental Education ď ˝
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, and geography.
Why Environmental Education is Important ď ˝
Environmental awareness is becoming more and more important in these times of obvious climate change and expanded global economic growth.
Goal of Environmental Education ď ˝
It is a way of implementing the goals of environmental protection. It is not a separate branch of science but lifelong interdisciplinary field of study.� It means education towards protection and enhancement of the environment and education as an instrument of development for improving the quality of life of human communities.
Resources of Environmental Education
Out Earth Keep America Beautiful The Environmental Protection Agency The National Wildlife Foundation North American Association for Environmental Education
Out Earth ď ˝
Our Earth External link is a website that hosts an impressive amount of environmental information and resources. The site’s resources include a series of lesson plans, zoo links, information on recycling and details on donating to a series of worthy, conservation-related causes.
Keep America Beautiful ď ˝
Keep America Beautiful External link (KAB) is an organization that provides a great deal of resources for citizens interested in preserving the splendor or America through litter prevention, waste reduction, recycling and other important community beautification tools.
The Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency External link (EPA) is the country’s foremost organization dedicated to the preservation of the environment. Therefore, it’s only appropriate that the EPA has a page of resources External link dedicated to educators and students.
National Wildlife Foundation ď ˝
The National Wildlife Foundation External link is dedicated to the protection of animals. Part of its goal is to educate the community about national wildlife and the environment they live in. For this reason, their website includes a kid’s page External link with lots of fun activities and information to get kids interested in wildlife.
The North American Association for Environmental Education ď ˝
The North American Association for Environmental Education External link hosts a page of education resources External link for teachers and students. The site includes a network of educational resources for educators, and allows them to search for and share their own materials with other environmentally-conscious instructors
Who I Am? ď ˝
Yong Huei Wang is currently the Sub – Dean of teacher education who has the greater knowledge and skills about the environmental education, based in the United Kingdom.