Definition of Environmental Education

Scope and Importance of Environmental Education

Basics of ecology

biodiversity, eco system

Sustainable development, Sources
of pollution – natural and manmade

Causes, effects and control measures
of pollution (air, water, noise, soil,
radioactive and nuclear)

Units of measurement of pollution

Sessional

Solid waste management – Causes, effects
and control measures of urban and industrial
waste Mining and deforestation

Environmental Legislation – Water (prevention and
control of pollution) Act 1974, Air (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act 1981 and Environmental
Protection Act 1986, Role and Function of State Pollution
Control Board, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Sessionals

Role of Non-conventional Energy Resources
(Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Bio Energy,
Hydro Energy)

Current Issues in Environmental Pollution –
Global Warming, Green House Effect, Depletion
of Ozone Layer, Recycling of Material, Environmental
Ethics, Rain Water Harvesting, Maintenance of Groundwater,
Acid Rain, Carbon Credits.

Sessionals