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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS AS A LACK OF EDUCATION
Environmental issues can be reduced with a good education in
ecology. Since the school is the training reference for people,
teachers have theresponsibility for teaching people about consequences
of their costumes and how to avoid it. For instance, loss of biodiversity due pollution and climate change. However, it is parents’ responsibility to teach them too, because children and teenager’s habits come from their home and could be more difficult to practice good habits if they do not find coherence between school and home. Therefore, consider the harmful effects of a deficient education in how to save the environment hason the planet.
Educating how to save water can have a big impact on conserving water. Since
water is running out, life is running out and the main cause is waste water and
climate change. For instance, people in the Guajira lacks potable water due
intense summer and charcoal. As a result, children and adults die. Then, children
must learn how economize water. For example, teaching children to close taps
while they brush their teeth and take shower. Nevertheless, adults must
contribute recycling water of washing machine and using it for toilets.
Energy resources are limited, then energy conservation is important. Since most
of energy sources cannot renewed, energy saved is energy generated. For
instance, petrol and diesel are not renewable energy, then we need to educate
about the better utilization of existing resources as using common transport
or bicycle, washing with cold water, sharing positions in the car, taking shower
with cold water, unplugging the TV and chargers and turn off lights when it is
not in use. However, thinking in renewable energy is possible when people learn
and teach how to select wastes.
Overpopulation ends with natural resources. Inasmuch as overpopulation is
synonymous of overexploitation, renewable resources will be limited.
For instance, activities like hunting, fishing and farming contribute to
extinction of many species due they do not have enough time for
reproducing. In addition, degradation of environment is another
consequence because of deforestation for building new houses, industries
and increase in amount of CO2. Therefore, the first measure is educate
people for having one or two children at the most and making people
aware of family planning with contraceptives methods.
In conclusion, environmental education teaches to understand the
environment, the causes and effects about our behaviors and allows be
aware that people must engage in solving a problem and that is
responsibility of adults to teach children and practicing all time.