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UNIT 5- ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND PROTECTION

MODULE OVERVIEW

Environment Education is a process which is very useful to human beings in order to manage well
their environment and instill the right behavior that serves as key to sustainable development.

MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this unit, the students are expected to:

• Gain and verbalize concepts, principles and importance of Environmental Education;
• Formulate action plan that shall address environmental concerns; and
• Value the importance of Environment Education as a way of developing the youth to be a good
citizen.

LEARNING CONTENTS

• Environment Education is a process which is very useful to human beings in order to manage well
their environment and instill the right behavior that serves as key to sustainable development.
• This unit will discuss the current environmental situation in the Philippines. It describes the
environmental pressures brought about by a rapidly increasing Filipino populations.
BASIC CONCEPTS AND LAWS GOVERNING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
• Environmental Education refers to organized efforts to teach about how natural environments
function and, particularly, how human beings can manage their behavior and ecosystems in order to
live sustainably.
• The term is often used to imply education within the school system, from primary to post-secondary.
However, it is sometimes used more broadly to include all efforts to educate the public and other
audiences, including print materials, websites, media campaigns, etc.
• Environmental Education is also a learning process that increases people’s knowledge and
awareness about the environment and associated challenges, develops the necessary skills and
expertise to address the challenges, and fosters attitude, motivations, and commitments to make
informed decisions and take responsible action.
IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
1. All major natural resources in the country are in grave danger of irreparable damage.
2. A society cannot survive if its natural resources are rendered unfit for use by its people.
3. The only hope of salvaging this grave situation is by making the young aware that they need to
proactively begin to protect the environment they will inherit.
4. Science and Technology can help in a limited way but cannot deliver it.
5. It is a moral and ethical education for changing people’s attitude
6. To protect children living in polluted regions, environmental education represents a relevant means of
prevention.
7. It is a need of the time to propose environmental education delivered with moral concept.
8. It is conceived to sustain participation of the citizens especially the youth particularly in combating ill
effects of climate change.
Related Laws and Directives in Promoting Environment Education
1. CMO No. 33 series of 2009
- Integration of Environmental Education in Tertiary Education Curriculum particularly the Civic
Welfare and Training Service (CWTS) component of the National Service Training Program.
2. RA No. 9512 or The National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008
- An act to promote environmental awareness through environmental education and for other
purposes.
3. RA 9275 or Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
- An act providing for a comprehensive water quality management and for other purposes.
4. RA 9175 or Chainsaw Act of 2002
- An act regulating the ownership, possession, sale, importation, and use of chainsaws, penalizing
violations thereof and for other purposes.
5. RA 9147 or Wildlife Resource Conversation and Protection Act of 2001

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- An act providing for the conversation and protection of wildlife resources and their habitats,
appropriating funds thereof and for other purposes.
6. RA 9003 or The Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
- This is an act providing for an ecological solid waste management program, creating the
necessary institutional mechanisms and incentives, declaring certain acts prohibited and
providing penalties, appropriating funds thereof, and for other purposes.
7. RA 8749 or Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
- An act providing for a comprehensive air pollution control policy and for other purposes.
CLIMATE CHANGE
• Climate change is any change in climate over time whether due to natural processes or as a result of
human activity.
• it is a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the
composition of the global atmosphere.
How does Climate Change occur?
• The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 4AR
2007) concluded that climate change is already occurring and that further acceleration will result in a
two (2) degree increase in global temperature and of extreme weather conditions.
• Climate change is caused by the increasing volume of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) in the atmosphere.
Greenhouse gases absorb and re-emit infrared radiation, warming the earth’s surface and
contributing to climate change (UNEP 1988).
• This gases are water vapor, methane, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, ozone, Hydro Fluoro
Carbon (HDC), perfluorocarbon (PFC), and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). When these gases
increase in volume, more solar heat will be trapped resulting to a warmer atmospheric condition.
• Humans are responsible for the accelerated warming on the earth. Before the advent of humans,
climate change were naturally caused.
• Many greenhouse gases occur naturally like methane, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, ozone, and even
water vapor. Other greenhouse gases like HFC, PFC, and SF6 which also absorb and hold greater
heat are human-made.
• However, human activities also add to the increase of the naturally occurring greenhouse in the
atmosphere. The burning of wood and wood products, and the production and use of fossil fuels such
as oils, coal, and natural gas release carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere.
• The rapid growth of human population increases consumption of earth’s resources, threatening its
carrying capacity to support life. It also increase the amount of decomposing organic wastes that
releases carbon and methane into air.
• Massive deforestation, mining and other forms of land conversion make the situation worse.
What are the effects of Climate Change?
• Climate change is an intolerable subject. While the best scientific information points to a clear threat
to the future of humanity, the political and public responses to this challenge have been relatively
weak.
• Many businesses accept that climate change that climate change is real but are waiting for signals
from governments before making long-term investments in measures to address the threat.
Meanwhile powerful forces, notably the polluting industries and fossil fuel sector, have deep vested
interests in maintaining business-as-usual.
• In industrialized countries, many people would rather believe that climate change was not real than
accept that their lives must change to meet the threat. In non-industrialized countries many people
think that the climate is under divine control and that humans can not alter it.
• The warming of the Earth’s atmosphere results in the melting of snow covers and glaciers, the rise of
sea level, shorter winters, early springs, hotter summers and delayed coming of autumns, altered
forest productivity and composition, habitat shifts of some animals, changes in behavior patterns of
flora and fauna, spread of diseases, stronger and more frequent typhoons, more floods, severe
droughts, stronger heat waves and heavier rains, and more.
• These changes in the environment as a result of climate change have already made their impact on
human population in a global scale.
• The Philippines is rank 4th in the Global Climate Risk Index. Being archipelagic, fifteen (15) of its
regions are vulnerable to sea level rise.
• The country is also in the path of typhoons which in recent years have become stronger and more
destructive and frequent. The Philippines is also located in an earthquake prone region.
• Under these circumstances, life, properties, food, health, and livelihood are threatened severely
affecting the most vulnerable sector of Philippine society- the poor.

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What can be done locally?

1. Reduce the sources of greenhouse gas emissions or enhance their sink or capture (mitigation).
2. Moderate the harmful effects of climate change and exploit its beneficial opportunities (adaptation).
3. Support or join awareness raising of people in your locality/community about climate change.
4. Carry out concrete disaster prevention, mitigation, and management activities.
5. Suggest or advocate the integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation into
organizational/institutional plans to mainstream this consciousness.
6. Lobby for and/or support climate change responsive policies and ordinances.
7. Synergize efforts with other enlightened individuals or group stakeholders.
8. Develop a stable resource mobilization mechanism or system to ensure and facilitate the flow of
financial and technical support to local implementers.

LEARNING ACTIVITY 1

Written activity:
To protect your community from ill effects of climate change, illustrate creatively action points that you
can do to ensure safe, clean, and friendly environment.

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