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Environmental Education And A Proposal For Its Implementation In Public Schools, Casey Putnam
Environmental Education And A Proposal For Its Implementation In Public Schools, Casey Putnam
MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019
Human impact on nature has led to global environmental destruction and degradation. Young people are not environmentally knowledgeable, and they are not receiving the type of instruction they need in order to be environmentally literate citizens. In order to repair some of the damage that has been done and to diminish future impact, environmental education must be thoroughly and thoughtfully incorporated into people's lives.
Environmental education has existed, in various forms, for nearly a century as, at best, a supplement to "real education." Rather than being a fringe subject, environmental education warrants attention in American education that is equal to …