This document discusses environmental education, ethics, and citizenship. It provides information on: - The goals and components of environmental education in developing awareness, knowledge, skills, and participation in environmental issues. - Principles of environmental education including considering the environment holistically and focusing on prevention of pollution. - The differences between environmental education and information in teaching critical thinking and problem-solving skills. - The concept of environmental citizenship and responsibility towards the environment. - Views on environmental ethics from anthropocentric and ecocentric perspectives on resource use and human-environment relationships. - Principles of environmental ethics like respecting all species, sustainability, responsibility to future generations, and living within ecological limits.

1. Environmental
Education and
Ethics
Dr
Fayaz
A.
Malla
Assistant
Professor,
Environmental
Sciences
Higher
Education
Department,
Govt.
of
J&K

2. Environmental
Education
Environmental education is a
process that allows individuals to
explore environmental issues,
engage in problem solving, and take
action to improve the environment.
As a result, individuals develop a
deeper understanding of
environmental issues and have the
skills to make informed and
responsible decisions.

3. The components of environmental education are:
Awareness and sensitivity
Knowledge and understanding
Attitudes of concern and motivation
Skills to identify and help
Participation in activities that lead to the resolution of
environmental challenges

4. Principles of
Environmental
Education
• To consider environment in its
totality (natural, artificial,
technological, ecological, moral,
aesthetic).
• To consider a continuous life process.
• To be interdisciplinary in approach.
• To focus on current, potential
environmental situations.
• To emphasize active participation in
prevention and control of pollution.
• To examine root cause of
environmental degradation.

5. Environmental Education Environmental Information
•Increases public awareness and
knowledge of environmental issues
•Provides facts or opinions about
environmental issues
•Does teach individuals critical-thinking
•Does not necessarily teach
individuals critical-thinking
•Does enhance individuals' problem-
solving and decision-making skills
•Does not necessarily enhance
individuals' problem-solving and
decision-making skills
•Does not advocate a particular
viewpoint
•May advocate a particular viewpoint

6. Environmental Citizenship is an idea that each
of us is an integral part of a larger ecosystem
and that our future depends on embracing the
challenge and acting responsibly and
positively toward our environment.
The idea of environmental citizenship was first
developed by Environment Canada. It is now
spreading around the world.

7. Environmental Ethics
Ethics is a philosophical discipline concerned with moral principles.
Environmental ethics is defined as code of appropriate behavior
towards the environment and for maintaining sound human
environment relationship.
Environmental ethics has the potential to help create a social order
which:
• Protect the environment
• Integrate economy and ecology
• Promote material and ethical progress

8. Views of Environmental
Ethics
Anthropogenic world view
• Earth has an unlimited supply of resources
• Man is the superior species of this planet and has every
right to exploit the earth's resources for his needs
• Success and economy of mankind depends upon the
healthy environment
• Development of mankind is of utmost importance as it
raises the standard of living

9. Views of Environmental
Ethics
Eco-centric worldview
• Resources on earth are limited
• All the living species including man have equal right over the resources
• Success and economy of mankind depends upon how nicely man drives
benefit from nature resulting in healthy environment
• All how to write to meet their requirements from nature but not to an
extent that degrades the environment and proves harmful to other
living beings on the earth
• Use of natural resources should be sustainable so that requirements of
present generation are met and resources are well protected for future
generations

10. Veganism
• Animals should be treated with
compassion
• Not enslaved
• Not made into commodities
• Not made to suffer
• Not killed
• Meat, leather, fur
• Not stolen from
• Eggs, milk
• Animals are sentient and deserve respect

11. • Perpetuation of our “herding culture”
• Promotes hierarchical and uncompassionate social
structures
• Based on conquest, domination, and ownership
• Compassion for humans difficult when animals not
treated with compassion
• Branded, enslaved, commoditized, killed, etc.
• Promotes unhealthy diets
• High in saturated fats
• Promotes environmental destruction
• 1/3 of grain, ½ fish used for animal feed
• Rainforest destruction for grazing and cropland to feed
livestock
Veganism

12. Bio-regionalism
• Lead a simple life
• with local production of food
and other products by people
that you know
• Increases environmental
awareness and caring
• decreases exploitation of
the environment and
people.

13. Need
of
environmental
ethics
Develop environmental legislation
And hence monitoring and
effective implementation of
environmental laws
Guide human judgment decisions
and actions expressed by different
sections of society

14. • Each species has A right to exist
• We should love honor and nurture our mother earth
• All species are interdependent loss of one species may
have far reaching consequences on others
• People must hold the responsibility of future generation
• Sustainable use of resources
• People must take responsibility of their action
• Humans must line within the same ecological limitations
as other species do
• Population should be controlled to reduce pressure on
existing natural resources
In the current situation every human being must follow the
following environmental ethics