Environmental Education
In recent years many governments have placed in increasing level of important of promotion of environmental awareness amongst the public and as a result there has been more and more emphasis placed upon environmental education in schools. The increasing pressure to raise public awareness of environmental issues such as climate change has caused many governments across the world to promote environmental education in schools. Subjects being taught in schools such as Geography lend themselves well to raising awareness of these issues and a great deal of environmental education will take place in geography lessons. Many environmental issues can also be related back to topics covered in science lessons too.
Environmental education can be furthered outside of the class room too, by encouraging children to take steps to lessen environmental damage and climate change. For example, a great deal of emphasis is being placed upon encouraging people to save energy by making use of more energy efficient appliances in their homes, as well as being more considerate about running electrical equipment only when it is necessary. The range of television advertisements and poster campaigns promoting these messages funded by the government can be seen as a further attempt to promote environmental education and awareness to members of the public, many of whom may be ignorant of some relatively basic facts concerning climate change and the courses of action that they can take to help prevent it.