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Environmental Education

The document discusses environmental education and the need to recognize environmental conditions and challenges to achieve balance between humanity and the environment. It outlines the components of environmental education including awareness, knowledge, attitudes, skills, and participation to identify and help resolve environmental issues. Finally, it discusses the importance of environmental education for self-fulfillment, social development, and addressing issues like pollution, depletion of natural resources, and more.

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Environmental Education

The document discusses environmental education and the need to recognize environmental conditions and challenges to achieve balance between humanity and the environment. It outlines the components of environmental education including awareness, knowledge, attitudes, skills, and participation to identify and help resolve environmental issues. Finally, it discusses the importance of environmental education for self-fulfillment, social development, and addressing issues like pollution, depletion of natural resources, and more.

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ENVIRONMENTAL

EDUCATION
Learning Outcomes:
1. Recognize the present environmental conditions
and challenges in both local and global context
2. Discuss the roles of institutions, communities and
individuals in Environmental Education to achieve
balance in serving humanity and protecting the
environment.
3. Apply best practices and lifestyle choices that
contribute to environmental protection and
preservation
Man, as a part and parcel
of the environment, has to
recognize the role and
importance of environment
in order to protect it and to
get protection from it, for
this, he needs
environmental education.
Environmental Education, which is
relatively new, is an interdisciplinary
process that aims at equipping people with
the knowledge, attitudes, skills and
motivation that they need to help resolve
environmental issues.
NEED FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION
 Some form of environmental pollution affects
each and every nation though the issues differ
 Some of the most urgent environmental threats
to be dealt with now and in the future
 Educational institutions all over the world have
been making intense efforts to meet the
challenges arising from politics, science and
public opinion towards integrating
environmental concerns
COMPONENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION
• Awareness and sensitivity to the
environment and environmental challenges
• Knowledge and understanding of the
environment and environmental challenges
• Attitudes of concern for the environment
and motivation to improve or maintain
environmental quality
• Skills to identify and help resolve
environmental challenges
• Participation in activities that lead to the
resolution of environmental challenges
• Environmental education does not
advocate a particular viewpoint or
course of action. Rather, environmental
education teaches individuals how to
weigh various sides of an issue
through critical thinking and it
enhances their own problem-solving
and decision-making skills.
THE IMPORTANCE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
• Essential for the self-fulfilment and social
development of the child and the adult
• Essential for understanding the different food
chains and the nature’s ecological balance
• Plays an important role in understanding and
appreciating how the environment is used for
making a living and promoting material
culture
THE IMPORTANCE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
• Enables one to appreciate and enjoy nature
and society
• Inculcates a concern for the systematic
change of environment for the distant and
immediate welfare of mankind
• Makes one conscious of the problems of
population explosion, depletion of natural
resources, global warming, etc
ECOSYSTEMS IN THE PHILIPPINES

The biodiversity of the Philippines is unique


that many of the life forms are found in our
country are found nowhere else in the
world.
What are the ecosystem in the Philippines?
1. Agricultural Ecosystem
2. Coral Reef Ecosystem
3. Freshwater Ecosystem
4. Forest Ecosystem
5. Marginal Ecosystem
6. Mangrove Ecosystem
7. Seagrass Ecosystem
8. Softbottom Ecosystem
9. Urban Ecosystem
Agricultural Ecosystem
• The backbone of our country’s economy.
• Depend on the agriculture for sustenance and
survival.
• Natural farming and tilling of land or soil is
recommendable to preserve the environmental
ecosystem.
Coral Reef Ecosystem
• Philippines has some of the richest and most diverse
coral reefs in the world.
• The reefs provides recreation and tourism
opportunities due to its magnificent beauty.
Freshwater Ecosystem
• Clean water means clean ecosystem as a whole.
• All living creatures depend on it.
Forest Ecosystem
• Habitats for diverse species.
• Provide raw materials for pharmaceutical products
and breeding higher-yielding strains.
• Forest prevents flood and soil erosion
• Forest help stabilize the climate by regulating the
amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Marginal Ecosystem
• The converted systems of forests, cropland, and
coastal areas.
Mangrove Ecosystem
• Located in saltish water and muddy portions of the
coastline where the freshwater from rivers and saline
water from seas meet.
• Provides food and shelter to various marine
organisms from its prop roots.
• Provides as a physical barrier from storm.
• Prevents soil erosion and pollutants.
Seagrass Ecosystem
• Source of food for plant-eating animals such as
seacows, sea urchins, turtles and other fishes,
• The shady effects if seagrass protects the organisms
from strong sunlight and temperature and salinity
fluctuations.
• Acts as nurseries for the very young fishes and
ensure the sustainability of fish production.
Softbottom Ecosystem
• Found in open seas beyond light penetration from a
depth of 50 meters up to more than 10,000 meters
deep.
Urban Ecosystem
• Establishments are found.
• Population as an indicator of an urban ecosystem.
POLLUTION
• It is defined as the altercation of our
surroundings, wholly or largely as a product of
man’s actions, through direct or indirect
effects of changes in every pattern of chemical
and physical constituent of organisms.
Classification and Sources of Pollution
1. Air Pollution
2. Water Pollution
3. Solid Waste / Land Pollution
Air Pollution

• It is defined as physical and chemical altercation of the


properties of air, which is harmful to human health.

Major Types of Air Pollution:

• Outdoor Pollution
• Indoor Air Pollution
Outdoor Pollution

• It is a type of pollution derived from the mixture or


collection of additional loads of chemical produced by
natural components of the atmosphere, thereby,
producing harmful effects to living systems
Outdoor Pollution

Major sources of Outdoor Pollution:


• Burning of fossil fuels for power consumption
• Photochemical and industrial smog
• Volcanic eruptions which emit sulfur dioxide and
suspended particulates
• Forest Fire
• Evaporation of volatile organic compounds from
decaying organic matters
• Natural Radioactive 222-gas from uranium deposits
Indoor Air Pollution

• It is a type of pollution derived from the accumulation


or build up of chemicals inside the office, building,
houses, school, commercial store and harmful to
health.
Air Pollution Solutions

• Input Control – preventing a problem before it occurs


or limiting the effects the process will produce.
Five major input control methods
1. restrict population growth
2. use less energy
3. improve energy deficiency
4. reduce waste
5. move to non-polluting renewable forms of
energy production

• Output Control – seeks to fix the problems caused by


air pollution.
The Clean Air Act

• Republic Act of No. 8749 is a comprehensive air quality


management policy and program that aims to achieve
and maintain healthy air for all Filipinos.
Water Pollution

• It is defined as the physical or chemical change in the


surface and ground of water caused by the pollutants
that affect living organisms.
Major sources of water pollution

• Point source – a source of pollution that discharges


pollutants into bodies of water to specific location

• Non-point source – a source of pollution that are widely


scattered and discharges pollutants over a large sea.
Solid Waste / Land Pollution

• Refers to the presence of any solid waste in the land


that is injurious to the health of human beings, animals
and other living organisms.
Solid Waste and Its Disposal

• Landfills – designed to reduce the amount of waste


that leaks out into the environment.
• Incineration – the process of reducing solid waste by
burning it first
• Ocean Dumping – discharge of waste into the ocean
Nature of Biodegradable and Non-Biodegradable
Wastes
1. Biodegradable Wastes
- compostable and can be reused as feeds,
fermentable, fuel and fertilizer.

2. Non-Biodegradable Wastes
- factory returnable and can serve as potential
sources of livelihood projects.
The 4R’s of Waste Management-Guiding
Principle
1. Reduce – avoid wasteful consumption goods.
2. Reuse – reuse items that are useful instead of
throwing them away.
3. Recycle – the process whereby portions of these
wastes are sorted out and used for something of
benefit.
4. Repair – repair reusable items to make them
functional rather than throwing them.
Simple and Effective Ways of the 4R’s
(Personal Waste Management)
• Avoid over-packed goods.
• Avoid disposable goods.
• Buy food in bulk and patronize products whose
contents are refillable.
• Buy durable products.
• Practice composting.
• Patronize recycled and recyclable goods.
• Patronize products that are made from renewable,
rather than, non renewable resources.
• Choose products with reusable or recyclable.
• Recycle paper.

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