BC Education - Appendix C Environment and Sustainability Environment and Sustainability Environmental education is defined as a way of understanding human relationships with the environment. Integrating these themes into the curriculum helps students develop a responsible attitude toward caring for the earth. Studies that integrate environment and sustainability themes provide students with opportunities to identify their beliefs and opinions, reflect on a range of views, and ultimately make informed and responsible choices. Analysis of interactions helps humans make sense of their environment.
Responsible action is both integral to and a consequence of environmental education.
Human decisions and actions have environmental consequences. Students should be provided with opportunities to develop an aesthetic appreciation of the environment. This summary is derived from A Plan for Environmental Education , Curriculum Branch, October 1995.