Organization of Environmental Education of the Younger Generation in the Process of Implementing a Social Project on Solid Municipal Waste Management

Abstract

The problem of introducing environmental values into the educational process is of great social significance. The basis for the formation of a person aimed at realizing the responsibility for ensuring their future and further development of the biosphere is environmental education and education in the process, which requires the creation of a set of conditions that contribute to the acquisition of positive personal experience, including everyone in active activities. The article discusses conditions of organization of ecological-educational activities in the framework of the social project, implemented by the teachers and students, Transbaikal State University aimed at implementation of ecological education of the younger generation and the formation of their ecological culture in the field of municipal solid waste management, and the development of environmental competence of students through their participation in activities of volunteer groups of the University. The project provides for the creation of an environmental educational environment, which includes a set of measures aimed at environmental education and education of students and the population of Chita. A versatile and comprehensive impact on the environmental consciousness and attitude to the environmental problems of their region among students should certainly lead to an understanding of the need for and direct participation in the preservation of the environment for our future. The main target audience of the project are students of preschool educational institutions, students of secondary schools, students of colleges, technical schools and vocational schools, as well as students of higher educational institutions in the city of Chita. The implementation of this project will change the attitude of the younger generation to the environmental problems of localities; increase their level of environmental culture, environmental awareness and environmental responsibility for the problem of separate garbage collection.