Political and economic factors are the main causes of environmental related problems. However, the society is also a crucial factor to consider. We , as citizens, must work hand in hand with the government in order to make changes. Taking that into consideration, we are going to discover further in two aspects, which are education and infrastructure between London and Beijing. First of all, education plays an important role in shaping society 's common practice. Both British and Chinese government have put great emphasis on introducing environmental protection topics into the regular curriculum. Environmental education started as a cross curricular theme in 1990. Education for sustainable development (ESD) was introduced in 2000. Followed …show more content…
Though the Chinese government has put their eye on the issue, it takes time to make chances in the highly populated society. Also, nongovernmental donation supports a lot in academic development. Authorities in China and the UK have provided loads of funding for education. Something worth noticing is that the UK has several independent charitable organisation, for example,uk national association of environmental education (NAEE) and sustainability and environmental education (SEEd) that support teaching about the environment in the formal education sector. They will host training courses for educators, promote ESD and support sustainable school. Not only the UK government but also the community plays a crucial part. On the contrary, the traditional mindset of Chinese students is to get into high ranked instruction. Living in a highly competitive study environment, most of them tend to focus on the main subjects. Inevitably, the non exam oriented subject is easily neglected. Therefore, even if they get loads of fundings, only a small amount of them was used for environmental
In order to understand why China is in such environmental difficulties we need to understand why the lifestyles of people in Europe and the US could be to blame. The first area to consider is the environmental issues that China is currently suffering with. Once this is established I can assert what impact the US and Europe has in relation to these issues and what actually causes them. In linking the events it will be easier to see the chain of events. To do this I am going to work backwards and understand the issues that exist within China and then secondly what they are a result of. This will give me the background of why China’s environmental issues have become so dire.
An ideal green citizen lives a normal life while making sustainable choices. However, Ecotopia and the United States’ educational systems do not contrive their students to achieve such ideals. In an Ecotopian school, students learn about the Earth but are not educated about other subjects. Vice versa, in American schools, students learn all subjects but none specific to sustainability. To ultimately prepare the youth for the future, there is a need of equilibrium of both systems in which students are educated in all subjects with knowledge of the eco-system. Having a well-rounded education with specificity of sustainability, students can adjudicate their own “green” ideals and act upon them in which they are able to establish new solution to unsustainable issues.
The rapid integration of the world’s economic systems through the breaking down of barriers to trade, finance, investment, technology and labour around the world has had profound effects on the Chinese economy. The world ’s largest economy has embraced the process of globalisation through trade liberalisation, financial market reform and the ‘open door policy’ therefore enabling China to receive the benefits of globalisation. This process has stimulated economic growth leading to sustained increases in per capita incomes, improvements in quality of life and significant reductions in poverty and unemployment. However, the effects of globalisation and rapid economic growth have come at a cost, resulting in significant environmental degradation
... This has resulted in increased pollution due to livestock releasing methane gas into the air. And due to demand for electrical goods from western countries, it has helped China to produce a capitalist economy. This has enabled China’s citizens to have a prosperous lifestyle, which has increased pollution due to the increase in energy use and waste production. Furthermore, although the Chinese government and its citizens are trying to tackle their environmental problems, it seems to be too little too late.
Having been environment caring since a young age, I have always had a large appreciation for the world resources that are essential for living. I always follow my dad and uncle conducting research about the environment since they are both faculties in the field of environment science, read articles about controversies and I am fascinated with the problem that affects everyone in the world. I have always considered it the far and wide most important resource in the world, and I feel as though China has a pretty lacking appreciation for it, whereas many other countries, as a whole, are constantly trying to come up with new solutions to solve the problem.
Air pollution, which can affect people’s respiratory systems, should be highlighted in both cities. The authority should focus more on particulate matters (PM2.5 and PM10) as they are emitted from not only factories but also vehicles. Industrial areas need monitoring, as they are the main sources of pollutants. Another problem water pollution is directly related to human beings lives. Ensuring water quality is the job of government because they are the ones who have the rights to control industrial sewages. Last but not least, soils, which have an indirect relation to humans’ bodies, need protection from heavy metals. Farming organizations should use a new method of farming to minimize the harm from contaminating earth and find ways to avoid soil degradation. For Shanghai and many other cities that are processing urbanization, it is significant for them to find a balance between economic growths and environment protection. By studying the historic expand of urbanization in cities from developed countries such as the US and France, developing cities such as Shanghai and Mumbai can learn lessons from their experience and environmental sufferings. As the urban rate keeps increasing all over the world, governments have to consider the environmental aftermath of urbanization and try to have a smarter urban design before transforming rural areas to cities. They should remember that the traditional developing route “polluting first, treatment after” needs
Environmental issues expand into a global level, and it is not likely tackled by the country itself. A raising awareness on the environmental matter among nations, the cooperation between nations is essential. In the three articles, they have adopted different approaches to address the environmental issues. However, three of them view the problem not only in signal angle, either with inter – discipline or multi – level perspective. The authors of the three essays have indicated governments play an important role for managing those
Our environment is harmed drastically with the coming of this rapid urbanization. There is an estimated 18 million acres of forestland that is lost every year due to rapid changes in our environment caused by Urbanization. Not only are we causing large amounts of deforestation, but also the consumption in these metropolitan cities are very high, and in some cases too high for the population to continue growing which is an example of china’s one (now two) child
Today talking about environmental issues lately to be like a common topic discussion until people take it for granted. However, the world facing a complex environmental problems related to each trouble that connected to one another and come out with greater impacts to the environment and humans. This is because the effects of environmental only can be seen in long term period rather than immediately result show up. Environmental issues must become one of the controversial matters in the society in order to make people know the truth what the world currently facing. There were a lot of environmental disaster happened such as climate change, global warming, various of pollutions, earthquake and etc. the rise of environmental issues begin with this urban development occur through several countries following with the technologies equip along. For sure, development will cause a huge negative impact to the environment if it deals without a care. Besides, the environment is the place in the ecosystem to hold and use in finding resources to continuously survive in this world. Thus, the finding and digging for the resources which happening extensively without preservation will not restore the surrounding similar with before. But then, the change cannot be refuse and people need to take an action to save the threaten the world and the ecosystem from being extinct. If each country has own output in causing an environmental problem, then consider the world to hold all the damage occurred. Exposing the effects of environmental issues throughout the world, make people realize the important to take care the environment.
In this context, the present state of the environment can be changed by thinking about how different it will be in the future if no efforts are put to make things right. The present generation requires ultimate leadership and citizenship that entails thinking ecologically and can understand the connection between human and the natural systems. This generation should have the ability, courage and will to act. (Leanne Claire et al., 2012). The above features can be installed into this generation by education. There is also various evidence that shows how education can change the present state of the environment education including Curriculum organization. Where teachers provide education that can modify the present and future states of the environment and as the curriculum involves about understanding the current environment (ACARA, 2016). By having a curriculum that sees sustainability as a way to support and teach student’s sustainability, will produce professionals that are environmentally conscious and will help in changing the present and also the future (ACARA, 2016). Such a proper curriculum will produce professionals that are environmentally conscious and will assist in changing the present and also the future (ACARA,
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Description: Students will learn the importance to take care of the environment. They will gain knowledge on recycle, reuse, and reduce. They will also learn to be creative and to persuade other people around school and outside school for protecting the environment. Moreover, students will increase their vocabulary and critical thinking.
For this environmental education to be effective, it must follow the ideas of ecological literacy in that all natural systems, and therefore all aspects of life, are interdependent. Comprehending ecological literacy will result in a society that wants to and sees the necessity of living a sustainable lifestyle. Environmental education is a positive feedback loop that, if more widely and intensely implemented, will benefit not only humans but the entire
Governments may have a greater role in environmental education needs due to funding constraints and education curriculum standards
Sustainability development has three components: environment, society, and economy. If you consider the three to be overlapping circles of the same size, the area of overlap in the center is human well-being. As the environment, society, and economy become more aligned, the area of overlap increases, and so does human well-being. Therefore, education for sustainable development (ESD) is the use of education as a tool to achieve sustainability. Simply put, ESD is a way to make the world a safer, healthier, and more livable place for us and future generations (McKeown, 2002, pgs 7-9).