Environmental deterioration can be attributed to

1. Human impact on the environmentAnniina Männikkö, Maria Niemistö, Maria Solin-Lehtinen and Tuula AsuntaUniversity of JyväskyläDepartment of Teacher EducationFinland

2. Scientific and technological progress has given human an unprecedented power over nature which can radically change the world

3. Environmental deterioration can be attributed to • industrialization and urbanization • the depletion of traditional sources of energy and raw materials • constant population growth

4. the disruption of natural ecological balances (the biospheres internal mechanism of self regulation), • the extinctions of various animal and plant species for economic purposes • the negative genetic consequences of industrial and other pollutants, which include the danger of human degeneration

5. Developmental programmes, urban growth and industrial activities have increased the strain on natural and ecological resources.

6. Pollution can travel far and wide

7. Environmental problems are more and more complex and interrelated to each other,and should not be bound to a specific region or nation; they must be treated in a collective way by all nations.

8. Case study: China • One of the serious negative consequences of the Republic of China’s rapid industrial development has been increased pollution and degradation of natural resources

9. 1998 World Health Organization report on air quality in 272 cities worldwide concluded that seven of the world's 10 most polluted cities were in China. Rapid industrialisation in the Pearl River Delta has also contributed to worsening air pollution in Hong Kong.

10. Beijing air on a day after rain and a sunny but polluted day

11. China's increasingly polluted environment is largely a result of the country's rapid development and consequently a large increase in primary energy consumption, which is almost entirely produced by burning coal.

12. China has pursued a development model which prioritises exports-led growth (similar to many other East Asian countries), by expediting increases in manufacturing capacity

13. Residents and foreign purchasing agents (in-buyers) choose goods in the "Spring Festival Goods Street" supermarket in Suzhou City

14. This is made largely in the absence of any significant ecological or pollution controls to reduce polluting emissions from the nation's rapidly industrialising economy.

15. Yellow River, China. China's big rivers are losing their ability to support life when rapid and poorly regulated economic growth takes an increasingly heavy toll on the environment.

16. Since 2002, the number of complaints to the environmental authorities has increased by 30% every year, reaching 600,000 in 2004; while the number of mass protests caused by environmental issues has grown by 29% every year.

17. Huai River Basin

26. Western people can nowadays enjoy very cheap goods, but chinese has to pay the cost by their health and environment. The Xinhua News Agency has quoted an environmental official, Wang Jinnan, as saying that more than 410,000 Chinese die as a result of pollution each year

27. Workshops • Article analysis • Environmental education in different nations • Develop the environmental education strategy for schools

28. 1. Article analysis • Will be done in groups of 5 people • Every group will examine two articles about environmental issues. Articles will be given to each group. • Write down some thoughts about articles and related subjects • Every group presents summary of their articles to other groups and we’ll discuss about the topic

29. 2. Environmental education in different countries • Form a group with people from your country • Discuss within your group about environmental education in your home country • Write down your thoughts

30. Questions • What kind of environmental education there were in your school? • What kind of instructions/advices you received? • How was the attitude to environment in your school? • Is the environmental education highlighted in your teaching studies?

31. What kind of attitude towards the environmental issues there is in your country? • Do people pay attention to environmental issues in their everyday life? • Give some examples!

32. 3. Develop the environmental education strategy for schools • Study will be done in groups of 5 people • Task is to develop the education strategy that is as practical and creative as possible • Time will be reserved to work in computer room and search Internet to find information

33. Possible subjects to include in your strategy • Recycling • Saving energy • Reducing consumption • Supporting public transport • Supporting goods and food that is produced as near as possible • Detecting origins of products and paying attention to ethical conceps of manufacturing (environment, child labour, human rights) • Dispose of hazardous waste

34. Strategies are presented to all groups The best strategy is voted and it awards a prize!