Role of Education

Role of Environmental Education
Environmental education has a role of a strategic and important in preparing people to solve environmental problems, as was decided at the International Conference on the Earth Brazil and in the Agenda 21 in Chapter 36. Only through education can develop the environment in mind in terms of support measures for local and global scale. Concern is not the end goal of environmental education but also must be followed by concrete steps. Apart from that, education alone is the path to positive change in the modern period. Humans need to continue their education, particularly in the areas of environment because the development of a rapid change and the understanding of the environment. Some results of research tools (Kawashima, 1999, Suzuki et al. 1999, Soerjani 1998 and Sudarmadi et al. 2001), reported that the higher the education level of a society the higher the perception and awareness of community, giving rise to attitudes and behavior in a better face environmental problems. Therefore, environmental education should be intensified and komperhensif through all levels of education both formal and non-formal.
Education will lead and guide our thoughts to all of the positive impact arising from the awareness of the importance of the role of education to the environment around us. (By Ohm)*

(*)Fathur rohim