Assessing Environmental Awareness and Conservation Behavior in Schools for Sustainable Development

Abstract

Environmental awareness in learners is one of the most critical aspects that must be considered in our educational institutes to promote conservation learner behavior for sustainable development. Schools are places where children prepare for the real world and unpredictable future and best be inculcated conservation behavior to protect the environment. The study uses a qualitative approach. The study conducted in happy home school society campus at Karachi. This study is designed to explore the eco-friendly initiatives or practices this school is practicing for environmental awareness to promote conservation behavior in learners for sustainable development. Using purposive sampling, data was collected through semi-structured interviews and personal visits from the three teachers. The finding shows that this school is practicing different practices that help improve learners' environmental awareness to promote conservation behavior for sustainable development. This study will be helpful for the teachers and school management to know about such eco-friendly initiatives or practices to improve environmental awareness in learners that promote conservation behavior for sustainability because without traditional efforts and without protecting the environment, we can't achieve sustainable development.