Abstract
Environment is degrading at a much faster pace than our imagination. Most of this pollution is caused by human activities. To protect and manage environment it is imperative to have a sound environmental awareness. Social service groups are creating awareness among people to protect it. Present study is focused on finding of awareness among villagers regarding environment conservation and comparison of villagers of villages adopted by social groups with villagers of villages not adopted by social groups.
Highlights
The Government of India has issued its National Policy on voluntary sector and the main objet of the policy is to encourage, enable and empower an independent, creative and effective voluntary sector, with diversity in form and function, so that it can contribute to the social, cultural and economic advancement of people of India
Social groups are active in environmental education, biodiversity conservation, solid waste management, and eco conservation
Among villagers of villages not adopted by social groups, awareness found less
Summary
The Government of India has issued its National Policy on voluntary sector and the main objet of the policy is to encourage, enable and empower an independent, creative and effective voluntary sector, with diversity in form and function, so that it can contribute to the social, cultural and economic advancement of people of India. Social groups as non-profit development organization, has been promoting environmental improvement initiatives. The way natural environment works and how humans should behave to manage ecosystem to sustain environment is part of the environmental awareness. It imparts the required skills and expertise to handle the associated challenges. Social groups contribute to analyze and monitoring of environmental quality, transferring information through newsletters, brochures, articles, audio visuals, etc. These groups organize seminars, lectures and group discussion for promotion of environmental awareness and help the villages’ administrative officials in preparation and execution of projects on environmental protection
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