Concept and Meaning of Environment – Components of Environment – Types of Environment –Environmental Awareness – Environmental Attitude – Ecological Intelligence – Ecological Sensitivity – Environmental Education: Focal Aspects of Environmental Education – Goals of Environmental Education – Objectives of Environmental Education – Need and Importance of Environmental Education – Scope of Environmental Education.

Land Resources and Prevention of Soil Erosion – Forest Resources and Prevention of Deforestation – Water Resources and Prevention of Water Scarcity – Mineral Resources, and Prevention and Exploitation of Minerals – Food Resources, Food Crisis, and Increasing Food Production – Energy Resources – Alternative Energy Resources.

Environmental Degradation –Types of Environmental Degradation – Environmental Pollution – Environmental Pollutants – Types of Pollution: Soil/Land Pollution, Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Radiation/Nuclear Pollution, Light Pollution, Solid Waste Pollution – Prevention and Management of Pollution – Hazards and Disaster Management: Earth Quake, Land Slides, Volcanic Eruption, Forest Fire, Tsunami, Cyclone, Flood - Nuclear and Industrial Accidents – Oil Spills

Major Environmental Problems: Global Warming, Green House Effect, Climate Change, Ozone Layer Depletion, Acid Rain, Extinction of Flora and Fauna– National Environmental Policies and Programme: Environmental Legislation, Acts, Rules, Notifications and Amendments, National and Regional Green Tribunals, Pollution Control Board – International NGOs and Environmental Protection: Environmental Foundation for Africa, World Wide Fund for Nature, Conservation International, Green Peace–International Union for Conservation of Nature

Status of Environmental Education in School Curriculum – Environmental Education at different levels of School Education –Innovative Methods of Teaching Environmental Education – Problems faced in Teaching Environmental Education – Role of UNEP, CEE and NCERT in promoting Environmental Education