Environmental awareness in Secondary education system in Andhra Pradesh

The relationship between environment and human life is indeed deep and has recognized right from the Vedic period. Furthermore, non-violence towards both animate and inanimate components of environment has been ingrained as a guiding principle in the Indian psyche. By realizing the fact that our life depends on the environment, our ancestors worshiped Panchabhuthas the cosmos (Akasa), Fire (Agni), the sung (Surya) nature gods like mother earth (Bhudevi), Water (Gangama) etc and acted accordingly. A few decades ago, when environment was not a buzz word, Mahatma Gandhi said, “The earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed”. Therefore, awareness and education of environment is the paramount concern of all the citizens of society. Environmental protection starts by creating awareness among the people so that it becomes part of their lifestyle. The key to achieve this goal lies in environmental education and its related program. The objective of environmental education includes awareness, knowledge, attitude, skill and participation of people in protecting the environment.