Abstract
Author(s): Erhabor, Norris Igbinosa | Abstract: Abstract This article is geared towards substantiating the claim on the importance of environmental education in building leaders for the present and future generation. Emphasis was laid on the integral role mentorship program plays in developing effective environmental leaders. These leaders are expected to contribute to building environmentally friendly and sustainable societies in the future. Hence the researchers elaborated on these through the following subheading: overview of environmental education; concept of environmental leader; improving environmental education leadership skill and mentoring of leaders in environmental education. Keywords: Environmental Education, Mentorship, Environmental leader.
Highlights
There are several complex environmental problems affecting the Earth due to man technological drive to making it suitable for his existence by manipulating its pristine state
An effective environmental leader is more than a good facilitator of learning, as he/she embodies a fundamental philosophy of environmental values (Fortino, 1996)
Environmental education is geared towards a community of partners so that students, teachers, non-governmental organizations and politicians can work together in identifying and resolving environmental problems
Summary
There are several complex environmental problems affecting the Earth due to man technological drive to making it suitable for his existence by manipulating its pristine state. The mild temperature of Earth is relatively constant, plentiful supply of clean air; freshwater, fertile soil that regenerating endlessly and spontaneously by biogeochemical cycle and biological communities (Cunningham and Cunningham, 2006) This makes the Earth sacred and vital to create a balance between human activities and ensuring the protection of the Earth’s resources and conditions that sustain life. Environmental education has an integral role to help find innovative ways of improving environmental knowledge and understanding It fosters positive attitudes and attributes to overcome environmentally destructive behaviors, which result to individual desire and willingness to take action for the environment. Mentoring is an integral part of developing effective environmental leaders and has the ability to build leaders in environmental education who are better able to convey the knowledge, values, attitudes, skills, and participation necessary to solve environmental problems. The purpose of this article lies in its ability to contribute to the general body of knowledge on mentoring to discover its role in developing potential environmental leaders
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