Environmental Education For Sustainable Socio-Economic Development

Abstract

The problem of ensuring the sustainable development of civilization arose from the middle of the 20th century, when the anthropogenic load on the environment increased as a result of the growth of industrial production and an increase in the population. Environmental education is considered one of the main factors ensuring sustainable development. The purpose of the study is to develop a project of environmental education - a factor in ensuring sustainable socio-ecological-economic development of the region. To achieve this purpose, the following tasks are consistently solved: analysis of the development of environmental education; analysis of environmental education in Russia; socio-ecological-economic characteristics of Samara region; analysis of the work of UNESCO Chair «Study and Conservation of Biodiversity of the Volga River Basin», founded on the basis of the Institute of Ecology of Volga River Basin of RAS (which is involved in the creation of the «Research and educational environmental center»).The Center will promote environmental education in the region. Students and schoolchildren of Togliatti and Samara region will have the opportunity to get acquainted with nature through the methods of contact interaction with living organisms, join the research activities in the field of ecology, get the skills of project activities, can participate in scientific, local history and research expeditions, seminars and conferences. The creation of a research and educational environmental center aimed at the realization of innovative possibilities of environmental education is undoubtedly a factor in the sustainable development of Samara region.