Fundamentals of Environmental Studies is taught as a compulsory paper to first-year undergraduate students across major technical universities in India. This book introduces the fundamental principles and concepts of environmental science, ecology and related interdisciplinary subjects, such as policy, law, pollution control, economics and natural resource management. It covers a wide range of topics and issues including biodiversity, global warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, nuclear accidents, nuclear holocaust, disaster management, manipulation of various natural resources including water, land, forests, food and mineral resources, and the problems associated with natural resource management. It also analyzes different types of ecosystems, biochemical cycles and laws of thermodynamics and provides easy-to-understand examples. In addition, the book offers separate chapters on various types of environmental pollution and waste management, including waste water treatment, solid waste management and green management.

The environmental movement of the 1960s made educationists in some parts of the world aware of the significance and importance of ecology in curricula at all levels of education, from kindergarten to post-secondary. A great deal of progress was made in the early 1970s in incorporating environmental awareness programs into educa tional systems go that what was once considered a fad was gradually becoming a part of formal education in a number of institutions, especially in Canada and the U.S.A. It was therefore appropriate that an international scientific body devote some time to the issue of ecology in education. Early in 1976, I suggested to the International Association for Ecology (Inteco1) that a symposium on Environmental Education be included in the program of the Second International Congress of Ecology scheduled to be held in Jerusalem in September 1978. In the first draft program of the Congress, the topic was included as a poster session. I considered this inadequate and appealed to the Congress Steering Committee to focus greater attention on environ mental education. The first draft program contained phrases like "utilization of resources", "conservation problems", "environmental moni toring", and "irreversible changes". These phrases more or less assumed that people in general understood ecological principles. Literature on environmental education seems to suggest that a wide gap separated most of the professional ecologists from a large portion of mankind primarily because we the ecologists have paid scant attention to the ecological education of world's citizens.

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Education Is A Vast Discipline And Teachers Training Is A Vital Part Of It. The Responsibilities Of The Educationists And Educators Are Focused On The Task Of Providing Better Training To The Future Teachers For Their Better Learning And Proper Development. It Has Been Prepared Strictly According To The Syllabus Of The B.Ed. Class, Prescribed By The Ugc For Different Universities.The Present Book Entitled Environmental Education Covers All Aspects And Techniques Of Comparative Education In The Present Day Context.ContentsIntroduction; Environmental Education Concept, Scope And Importance Of Environmental Education; Objectives Of Environmental Education; Approaches Of Environmental Education; Environmental Hazards Causes And Effects Of Environmental Hazards; Green House Effect; Ozone Layer Depletion; Environmental Awareness Salient Features Of Environmental Awareness; Programmes Of Environmental Education; Curriculum Development; Man And Environment Man: Creator And Destroyer; Biodiversity (Preservation Of Biotechnological Rights); Miscellaneous Environmental Issues); Sustainable Development-Sustainable Development; Wildlife (National Parks, Sanctuaries And Zoos); Projects In Environmental Education; General The Fundamentals; Evolution And Development; Methods Of Teaching; Role Of Teacher; Lesson Planning; Audio-Visual Aids; Programme For Enrichment; Social Orientation; Exercises; Bibliography.