Psychology of Environmental Education: World Experience and Contemporary Problems

Abstract

In any discussion devoted to certain environmental problems and ways to solve them, sooner or later the question of the so-called “environmental consciousness”, “turn”, or “revolution”, the thinking of the people around us on the “green rails” appears. It is quite difficult to do this, experts admit, because it is behavioral or value reactions that change slowly, work, including environmental communicators, has to work long, hard and often, at first glance, to no avail. That is why often the most popular ideas in the field of environmental education are programs for children - here, as most environmental educators note, “the field has not yet been plowed”, and its “sprouts” will have an impact not only on themselves, but also on their parents and thus for the whole society.