“Impact of Environmental Awareness Module among Under Graduate Students”

Abstract

Abstract:Conservation of environment and bio diversity is the need of the hour to protect our habitat. The current study was undertaken to engage the undergraduate students, in a participative workshop on environment Awareness- Bio Diversity module, to bring about positive perception on environment conservation.A module on Environmental Awareness was prepared. Environment Awareness- Bio Diversity module of ten hours duration, spread across two days of activity and field visit based programmes in five areas- Bio diversity, Pollution, Water conservation, Food/ fuel requirement and conservation. The module was administered to two groups of undergraduate students.  Pre and post module exposure awareness was tested through a self prepared questionnaire. The results reveal that the exposure to environmental awareness module had positive impact on the respondents.Key Words: Environment awareness module; Graduate students; conservation