INDISPENSABLE AND RESPONSIBLE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENRTAL ISSUES
Keywords:
Environment, Concept of EcosystemAbstract
Now a days the word environment is often being used by almost all people around us, on television and in newspapers. Everyone is speaking about the protection of environment. Global summits are being held regularly to discuss environmental issues. During the last hundred years, the mutual relationship among environment, social organization and culture has been discussed in sociology, anthropology and geography. All this shows the increasing importance of environment. Besides, it is a fact that life is tied with the environment. Social sciences have borrowed the concept of ecology from biology.The present paper identifies the indispensible and responsible environmental behavior , socio-economic status and locus of control and scientific attitude with regards to environment and environmental education.
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