Ecoliteracy Review

MARYJEL C.
SUMAMBOT
BSED FIL 3-A
EDUC 130
ECOLITERACY REVIEW
1. How can eco-literacy contribute to developing a sustainable environment?
Eco-literacy is a logical component of sustainable development education

because it focuses on the various interactions of different elements in the
environment, which includes human activity, which is critical to the
achievement of a self-sustaining community that preserves its resources for
future generations. The guiding principles of EL, according to Capra (1999)
and Wolfe (2001), establish a framework that is important to the health and
formation of sustainable communities, ensuring that human activity and
technologies do not obstruct the eco-natural system's capacity to maintain
life. The UN General Assembly supported sustainable development as an
objective of EE and later EL in 1987, with the goal of developing locally
relevant and effective initiatives, among other things. Environmental and
cultural preservation and degradation are addressed in education for
sustainable development, and so is the necessity for education that focuses
on the study of the cultural and ecological integrity of the places where people
live. Education for sustainable development must be focused locally rather
than imported from outside sources, similar to the goals of EL.
2. What are the seven environmental principles of nature?
The Seven Environmental Principles

1. Nature knows best.
One natural process that needs serious attention is nutrient cycling. In nature, nutrients
pass from the environment to the organisms and back to the environment. Any
disruption in the cycle can bring about imbalance. Our nature knows everything.
Sometimes, it knows what is best for us.2.
2. All forms of life are important.
Each organism plays a fundamental role in nature. Since such occupational or

functional position, otherwise known as niche, cannot be simultaneously occupied by
more than one specie, it is apparent that all living things must be considered as
invaluable in the maintenance of homeostasis in the ecosystem.
3. Everything is connected to everything else.
"His principle is best exemplified by the concept of the ecosystem. In an ecosystem, all
biotic and amniotic components interact with each other to ensure that the system is
perpetuated. Any outside interference may result in an imbalance and the deterioration
of the system.
4. Everything changes.
It is said that the only permanent thing is change. Our world is constantly changing and
nothing is permanent anymore. Even each day humans try to change their living to fit in
to the world.
5. Everything must go somewhere.
When a piece of paper is thrown away, it disappears from sight but it does not cease to
exist. It ends up elsewhere. Everything goes somewhere and nothing goes nothing it
has its own way to go.
6. Ours is a finite earth.
Just how long would the earth be able to sustain demands on its resources) "This is a
question that needs serious reflection. Unless the factors of population growth,
lifestyles, and polluting technologies are checked, the collapse of the earth might be
inevitable.
7. Nature is beautiful and we are stewards of God’s creation.
Among all creatures, humans are the only ones made in God’s image and have been
given the right to have dominion over all His creations. Being the most intelligent and
gifted with reason, humans are capable of manipulating creation to their own
advantage. We are made not to rule the world but to help the world. Humans are God’s
creation and we need to take care of everything.
3. What are the roles of teachers, learners and the school in attaining sustainable
environmental goals?
Teachers need knowledge about ESD, to map challenges together, find
suitable learning materials for their students, and realise the philosophy of ‘no
one left behind’, Inoue stressed. To support teachers, a core group of other
teachers promote ESD, implement peer learning, and modify teaching
practices. There is a curious naturalist in e very child. School teachers can
help nurture the love for the environment through formal and informal
educational tools. School boards have to ensure that environmental education
is a significant part of the curriculum for all classes, seminars, field trips,
competitions and fairs on environmental themes help the students identify
their interest in nature and choose a related career. What a child learns early
in life for cleanliness, conservation and wise use of resources would stay with
him all his life. Students should not only the best medium for dissemination of
information on Green Good Deeds to others but also live their lifetime with the
green good deed feelings, thus passing it on to the future generations.
Students should have the energy, the initiative and are inquisitiveness to
learn more.
4. How can you create a Green School?
The first step to greening my school must be deciding that it matters to do so,
and then articulating why. So, I’ve decided that where I learn matters, and I’ve
figured out how to articulate that. Now it is time to build a team. Since I want
to advance my greening efforts, it is important to engage as many people in
my school and community as possible. Before I can set goals for my greening
efforts, I have to know what my baseline measurements are for my school.
This will give me a good idea of what is possible. All of these measuring
exercises are really good learning opportunities for students that math and
science teachers can capitalize on while sticking to the curriculum. This is the
fun part. I get to decide what I pursue and how ambitiously I pursue it. This is
of course a very important exercise for young people as it teaches them how
to translate their dreams into reality by setting both achievable and ambitious
goals. It is also useful for students and schools to communicate their
sustainability goals so that the school community understands what the
initiative is doing. When you are setting goals, look at what other schools
have done related to sustainability. This will give you an idea of what is
achievable so am I. This is the ‘how’ when it comes to translating my vision
into reality. I should take the goals I set in the previous step, and calculate the
actions and resources necessary to achieve those goals. This is where the
rubber meets the road… or maybe where the cans hit the recycling bins or
the tree seedlings get planted. Since I am a teacher the implementation is
another set of teaching and learning opportunities. The planning was a setting
learning moments, and now the implementation is another set of learning
moments.
5. How can eco-literacy be integrated in the curriculum, practiced in the

school and demonstrated in the classroom?
Ecological literacy is teaching students to view the world around them from an
environmental perspective, examine their own practices in relation to nature and
society's toll upon the earth. For students to become ecologically literate, they
must examine social issues on a local and global level in order to develop their
own model of individual responsibility to preservation and respect of our world.
Educators in all subjects, must begin to integrate environmental education,
promoting ecological literacy for young adults to promote the sustainability of
society and the beautiful world around us. It is to do with making a link between
the student’s everyday lives to their learning in school. A student will be more
engaged with the learning content when they can understand the relevant
connections between theoretical material and the present local and global issues
surrounding them. The Center for Ecoliteracy offers a variety of teaching
methodologies to create the information, skills, and values necessary for
sustainable living, based on practices that are matched to students' levels of
development and brain-based research. We realize that hands-on activities, time
for reflection and meaningful conversation, a mix of indoor and outdoor
environments, and opportunity to participate in multidisciplinary projects are all
beneficial to students' learning.

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MARYJEL C.

BSED FIL 3-A

1. How can eco-literacy contribute to developing a sustainable environment?

Eco-literacy is a logical component of sustainable development education

2. What are the seven environmental principles of nature?

The Seven Environmental Principles

2. All forms of life are important.

Each organism plays a fundamental role in nature. Since such occupational or

3. Everything is connected to everything else.

5. Everything must go somewhere.

6. Ours is a finite earth.

7. Nature is beautiful and we are stewards of God’s creation.

5. How can eco-literacy be integrated in the curriculum, practiced in the

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