The well-being of our nation depends upon the wise use of those resources. There is ample evidence that a very large portion of all teachers recognize the need for conservation and the importance of environmental education.
Teachers are key members in any solution of the problems of conservation.
At all levels of instruction, they are vitally concerned as teachers and as citizens. Teaching of units of study in science should aim to provide understanding of the fact that man and nature are inseparably bound in an intricate web of interrelationships and interdependencies. The objective should be to create background knowledges and attitudes which will result in action, based upon a feeling of personal responsibility, on the part of every man, woman and child, to protect, maintain and prevent the waste of human and natural resources, which includes the air, water and soil. Further, for optimum result, environmental education must be based upon knowledge and first hand experiences dealing with local realities easily understood. The individual should become familiar with his own locality and the factors that have entered into its growth.