About the Book

Environmental Education and Pollution

Environmental education has finally come home to stay as a permanent component of the school curriculum. Students have become aware of the immense importance of pollution control in day-to-day living. Campaigns and movements are often spearheaded by the student community in an effort to bring into focus the need for a balanced ecological environment and the need also to act immediately to undo the harm that has already been done, besides preventing further deterioration. Today pollution of the environment has become a threat to all living beings in this world as a result of over exploitation of natural resources and creating problem in the ecosystems. In the recent times, the concept of environmental education and capacity building is getting prominence in both the field of academic and socioeconomic life. Pollution is a matter of concern for sustainable development; today civil society is putting a mounting pressure on the state to consider the matter with great urgency. Environmental Pollution due to growing developments, needs control through Education in various forms like formal, non-formal and informal, in which initiative has been taken from 1970 by international Organizations and Directions have been given to U.G.C. and both Central and State Governments by the Supreme Court of India. The present work is designed to acquaint the readers with the latest developments and researches in the field. CONTENTS : (1)Introduction (2)Elements of the Environment (3)Environmental Management in Education (4)Pollution and Pollutants (5)Environmental Pollution (6)Air Pollution (7)Water Pollution (8)Soil Pollution.