On the green development of environmental education in China under the legislation

Paper Keywords green Development environmental awareness environmental Education legislation
Abstract face of the current state of the environment breaking the ring, United Nations Environment Programme, "Global Green New Deal" and "green economy" initiatives. Governments are not only to take an active environmental policy to control further environmental damage, while environmental and ecological systems in the recovery process to improve community awareness of Environmental Protection in general is a member of the indispensable means to actively carry out environmental Education, environmental Education and the legal system to be protected, so that all members of society to set green awareness, while improving environmental Laws awareness in the whole society to create widespread awareness that green Development is possible.


First, the connotation of green Development
In 2002, the United Nations Development Program released a <<China Human Development Report 2002: Making Green Development a Choice>>, the first time a large population of China should choose the "green development" of the road that "emphasis on economic development and Environmental Protection harmonization "road .2008 international financial crisis, United Nations Environment Programme global" Green New Deal "initiative, and was released in April 2009 <<Summary of Global Green New Deal policies>>, launched the" Global Green and the Green New Deal economic program, "In 2009 November 13, in the second" green economy and green responsibility, "the China Development Forum on the green release <<2009 China Urban Development Report Green>> meeting on the development of green content to do a specific set: first, to respond to the ecological environment, natural systems can not damage the structure and process, but also through the development of design and implementation of green urban ecological environment improvement; followed by efficient resource use efficiency; third of the city Residents sustainable consumer behavior; the fourth is a good urban environment, ecological risk is low, the city of man and nature; fifth is interpersonal harmony, social equality progressive city of green development is relative to the traditional "black" development model in terms of resource conservation and Environmental Protection is conducive to a new model of economic development, its core purpose is to break through the limited resources and environment carrying capacity constraints, the pursuit of economic growth and consumption of resources and the environment decoupling to achieve a win-win development and the environment . ① Tsinghua University, Hu Angang, director of the Center for China Studies that: Black is the development of high consumption, high resource consumption, high pollution; low value-added, low-value, low resource productivity development, President Hu Jintao at the end of 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark UN climate change summit held in the opening speech that China should "vigorously develop the green economy, and actively develop a low carbon economy and the recycling economy, development and promotion of climate-friendly technology." green development, which means to encourage the development of policy on the green economy, self-healing in the natural system within the limits of economic development, to protect and improve the ecological environment and realize the harmonious development between man and nature. ②
Visible, green economy, economy, low carbon economy, green is green New Deal and so can be said that the development should have meaning. I believe that "green development" of the essence is to "win", that is, in reality, rely on technological advances to improve the utilization of energy resources, reduce pollution emission rates, the environment and development shifted from confrontation and conflict, win-win relationship between the protection of natural ecosystem processes to achieve continuous economic growth, and ultimately Environmental Protection and economic development of a virtuous circle. Today, the relationship between people and nature co-ordination, take the green road of development, has become a new model of world development.

Second, green development and the relationship between environmental Education legislation
(A) Overview of Environmental Education
1970 International Union Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources the first use of "environmental education", and is defined: "The so-called environmental education, is a recognized value, understand the concept of process, which aims to develop certain skills and attitudes . on the understanding and identification of human, cultural and intrinsic relationship between the biophysical environment, these skills and attitudes necessary means of environmental education to promote awareness of environmental issues is also a code of conduct to make decisions. "The United States is the first development < <environmental education Law>> State, set out in the Act that: "environmental education is dealing with people and their natural environment and Artificial environment surrounding the relationship between the educational process, the relationship of population, protection, transportation, technology, and the city and the whole human environment of regional planning. "China's" Encyclopedia of>> that: "Environmental education is a means to create awareness by means of environmental education, understanding of environmental problems, access to environmental pollution and prevent new environmental problems resulting from the knowledge and skills, and in the human relationship to the environment on a correct attitude to by members of the community's efforts to protect the human environment. "1975 International Conference on Environmental Education, adopted by <<Belgrade ChArter: environmental education, global program>> that in order to solve environmental problems, new ways must think and act, for the purpose of environmental education is to "promote awareness of the world and all people concerned about the environment and its problems, and encourage them to individuals or groups have to solve the current problems, prevent new problems knowledge, skills, attitudes, and to promote and to go into this work. "As the international community on the relationship between environment and development concerns in the 1990s, the environmental education content from the" people and the environment "to gradually shift" Environment and Development ", so that environmental education on the basis of the original content of .1992 of a new United Nations Environment and Development adopted <<Agenda 21>>, which stress the importance of environmental education and training, to enhance the human environment and development consciousness, especially environmental values ​​and ethics.

I believe that, although the definition of environmental education is not uniform, but the study of environmental education by its very nature, is through popularize Environmental Protection knowledge, foster a correct view of the environment and to foster environmentally friendly attitude, initiative and consciously adopt environmentally friendly behavior, through the joint efforts of all members of society to protect the human environment.

(B) environmental education legislation is universal awareness of Environmental Protection and effective protection of citizens
Environmental crisis, a very important reason is that members of the community environmental awareness, environmental responsibility, the lack of quality, but to solve the environmental crisis, in the final analysis only by comprehensively improve people's environmental awareness can be achieved. The reality of relying solely on the individual to understand the environment, improve environmental awareness in order to establish the general environmental awareness of society is unrealistic, and the individual alone to promote environmental awareness environmental influence also played a weak, difficult to achieve common environmental identity. I believe that these problems only by environmental education to complete, has been discussed above, environmental education is universal awareness of Environmental Protection of citizens is one effective way, but China's current environmental education, down less than a real place, the effectiveness is poor. our environmental education in schools in economically underdeveloped regions to promote low attention to the environment of higher education in professional education, neglect of education in non-environmental professionals engaged in environmental education teachers behind, way behind teaching Social Education in China's situation is not optimistic about government propaganda and education as the main organizer of the environmental knowledge campaign is not in place, complete a "mere formality, going through the motions," the initiative is not high mass, the understanding of environmental awareness is often passive, superficial, and environmental education ineffective.

Therefore, all aspects of environmental education must be supported to ensure its smooth conduct, or the surface can only play an advocacy role, the public's environmental awareness is difficult to get popular. Environmental education legislation, the coercive power of Law to protect environmental education and normative order can be said that environmental education legislation for environmental education in that it allows the orderly and healthy development of environmental education; the development of environmental education, environmental awareness in society, the purpose of popularity that is achieved. In the process of strengthening the environmental education concept of green development and education so that all members of society with a green consciousness, while increasing awareness of environmental Laws, so as to achieve the formation of the whole society in general environmental awareness. Links to free download http:// www.hi138.com (c) the popularity of environmentally conscious citizens is a necessary prerequisite to achieve green development
Environmental Protection is not a thing, but society as a whole thing; not which country it should be concerned about is the whole world should be concerned. Today, China and other units of the Ecological Society of China Green Development Forum, the goal is to become a worldwide topic of green development, green development in the whole society to promote the formation of energy conservation, protecting the environment a good atmosphere for the global exchange of green development platform, therefore, reduce environmental pollution, green development needs to achieve mutual cooperation in various countries, the State in the specific process of implementation of green development strategy is not only a need to develop policies on the one hand, such as encouraging green investment, green technology Innovation and other economic policies, the development of new energy, Environmental Protection and other industrial policy, energy taxes, environmental taxes and other Laws and policies, assisted by administrative means necessary to guide the general direction of the whole society to green development; the other hand, the establishment of civic awareness is generally an indispensable tool Environmental awareness is a general increase in environmental problems to solve the ultimate way. NPC Environmental and Resources Protection Committee Chairman, Mr. Qu has proposed the building of the city's six green standards, including Article 6 that "residents have a strong environmental awareness . "protection of the environment under the Education Act, active and effective environmental education, a general increase in environmental awareness of the whole society, and establish concept of green consumption, green development concept will be implemented in people's behavior to go, completely reversed regardless of the objective laws of quick success, exploit situation, especially in the environmental awareness of deeply rooted sense of Environmental Protection laws, environmental laws to which from time to time to guide their daily behavior, to report a breach of environmental violations to the environment in a timely manner according to law the purpose of protecting the environment and conscious of environmental education in which role is quite large, only a general increase in environmental awareness of society as a whole, the country's green development strategy to get a positive response from the whole society, so that green development is possible.

Third, foreign environmental education legislation Enlightenment
Currently, the worldwide environmental education and education of environmental protection legislation has become a major issue, especially the United States, Japan and other developed countries under the protection of legislation in environmental education, environmental education has made outstanding achievements in environmental education for the not yet formed a legal system China is a reference.

The United States is the first national environmental education legislation was passed in the world's first .1970 a <<Environmental Education Act>>, marking the United States to legalize environmental education track of the Act to protect the environment education at all levels of education implementation and development, provides environmental education, technical assistance, financial assistance, education, management, etc., so that environmental education activities within the law, provide the community with the possibility of sustainable development was adopted .1990 <<National Environmental Education Act. " The law reaffirmed the state's public responsibilities and obligations of environmental education, highlighting the State Government to promote environmental education in the leading position on the environment and the responsibilities of educational institutions set up to make it clear that the establishment of a diverse and stable funding protection mechanisms to encourage the community to pArticipate in environmental education, research and project development .1990 in <<National Environmental Education Act>> after the enactment of the Environmental Protection DepArtment under the guidance of the Act, enacted <<environmental education and training programs>> environmental education and training not only expanded the object, also developed environmental curriculum content and teaching methods reform plans.

Japan attaches great importance to environmental education in Asia, a country .1974 enacted the <<Conservation Charter>> highlighted in the nationwide real conservation importance of education, established in 1993 <<Basic Environment>>, since Japan's environmental education to obtain their legal status and protection .1994 announced <<Environment Basic Plan>> In 1996 published the "21st century education in China should>> be integration of long-term development of environmental education plan promulgated .2003 <<enhance enthusiasm and to promote environmental education, environmental law>>, the law defined the basic concepts of environmental education, guidelines and measures, highlighting the leading role of the government, aims to promote environmental education, to improve every citizen environmental enthusiasm.

Foreign environmental education legislation of the Enlightenment are the following:
1. Clearly state and government to promote environmental education responsibilities. To improve the environmental crisis, the need to improve the environmental awareness of the whole society, the role of environmental education is obvious. Environmental education to the national level, actively organized by the State, the dominant role of the government role in environmental education through the provision of adequate financial support, research and exchange of places of learning and other measures to build environmental awareness of society in general has very important significance.

(2) the establishment of a specialized management services nationwide environmental education organization. China is still no specific environmental education authority and this is the best government agency specialized functions, so you can better use the power of state management of public affairs to develop environmental education . ③
3. To guide the public to actively participate in and support the educational model of environmental education can not develop without public involvement through environmental education legislation and actively promote community-wide participation in environmental protection, enhance the public's environmental enthusiasm, the whole society to protect the environment, The purpose of environmental education, environmental education legislation is to achieve and we can learn from the United States, the Japanese way, such as setting up scholarships for environmental education, environmental education given to those who contributed material and spiritual encouragement.

4 focus on environmental education in environmental laws and regulations of education. The level of environmental awareness training is through the promotion and popularization of environmental regulations, the provisions of civil rights and obligations on the environment, consciously abide by the policies of the State Environmental Protection, which not only set an example their actions also help to influence and educate other people.

In summary, environmental education is a legal trend is inevitable, and only rely on state power, will be put on the legislative agenda of environmental education, with awareness of the law to strengthen the people's environmental awareness, in order to fundamentally eliminate the worsening environmental crisis , gradually promote a green culture, and advocate green consumption, leading the green trend of development.


Notes:
① Wang Yi. Implementation of the green growth into economic development. .2010.25 Green Economy and Innovation (2) .123.

② China Institute of Administrative Management, Department of Environmental Protection Publicity Department of Education. Implementation of the Green New Deal with Chinese characteristics, promote scientific development and ecological civilization of Environmental Science .2010.23 (3).

③ Zanghui Yan United States Environmental education and legislative research. .2008 Ocean University of China in June. Links to free download http://www.hi138.com