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Environmental Education and
Environmental Literacy.
Environmental Education is a state of knowing, Environmental Literacy
is a state of being. Environmental literacy is defined as the capacity
to preceive and interpret the relative health of environmental systems
and to take appropriate action to maintain, restore, or improve
the health of those systems. An Environmentally Literate person
is the ultimate goal of environmental education. The appreciation
of the relative health of the planet leads to changes in personal
lifestyle behaviours that reflect a connection to the earth. Environmental
literacy considers many forms of thought and leads to behavioural
changes that are personal and life long.
The environmental literacy wheel illustrates the many abilities
that are required in awakening this capacity.
For more
information on Environmental Literacy or to have us conduct a field
workshop for your staff contact the environmental
education coordinator
For
further information on educational services in Kananaskis Country
contact:
Environmental Education Coordinator, Canmore Area
Tourism, Parks & Recreation
Suite 201 - 800 Railway Avenue
Canmore, Alberta T1W 1P1
Phone: (403) 678-5500 ext.284 Fax: (403) 678-5505
Email: Kananaskis.Education@gov.ab.ca
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