Syllabus

unit I – environmental education
Concept and Meaning of Environment – Components
of Environment – Types of Environment – Environment
Awareness – Environmental Attitude – Ecological Intelligence
– Ecological Sensitivity – Environment Educational – Focal
Aspect of Environment Education – Goals of Environmental
Education – Objectives of Environmental Education – Need
and Importance of Environmental Education – Scope
of Environmental Education – Scope of Environmental
Education.
unit II – natural resources, problems & Solutions
Land Resources and Prevention of Soil Erosion – Forest
Resources and Prevention of Deforestation – Water Resources
and Prevention of Water Scarcity – Mineral Resources and
Prevention of Water Scarcity – Mineral Resources, and
Prevention and Exploitation of Minerals – Food Resources,
Food Crisis and Increasing Food Production – Energy
Resources – Alternative Energy Resources.

unit -III

environmental pollution, hazards and disaster management Environmental Degradation – Types of Environmental
Degradation – Environmental Pollution – Environmental
Pollutants – Types of Pollution : Soil/Land Pollution, Water
Pollution, Air Pollution Radiation/Nuclear Pollution, Light
Pollution, Solid Waste Pollution – Prevention and Management
of Pollution – Hazards and Disaster Management – Earth
Quack, Land Slides, Volcanic Eruption, Forest Fire, Tsunami,
Cyclone, Flood – Nuclear and Industrial Accidents – Oil Spills,

unit – IV

environmental problems, policies and protection of environment Major Environmental Problems, Global Warming, Green
House Effect, Climate Change, Ozone Layer Depletion, Acid
Rain, Extinction of Flora and Fauna – National Environmental
Policies and Programmes, Environmental Legislation, Acts
Rules, Notifications and Amendments, National and Regional
Green Tribunals, Pollution Control Board – International
NGO’s and Environmental Protection, Environmental
Foundation for Africa, World Wide Fund for Nature,
Conservation International, Grace Peace – International
Union for Conservation of Nature.

unit v –

environmental education in school curriculum Status of Environmental Education in School Curriculum
– Environmental Education at different levels of School
Education – Innovative Methods of Teaching Environmental
Education – Problems faced in Teaching Environmental
Education – Role of UNEP, CEE and NCERT in promoting
Environmental Education.