Republic Act No.

9512 –
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
EDUCATION ACT
 Republic Act No. 9512 – ENVIRONMENTAL
AWARENESS EDUCATION ACT

• The Department of Education (DepEd), the Commission on Higher

Education (CHED), the Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA), the Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD), in coordination with the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and
other relevant agencies, shall integrate environmental education in its
school curricula at all levels, whether public or private, including in
barangay daycare, preschool, non-formal, technical vocational,
professional level, indigenous learning and out-of-school youth courses or
programs. Environmental education shall encompass environmental
concepts and principles, environmental laws, the state of international
and local environment, local environmental best practices, the threats of
environmental degradation and its impact on human well-being, the
responsibility of the citizenry to the environment and the value of
conservation, protection and rehabilitation of natural resources and the
environment in the context of sustainable development.
What is Environmental Education?
• Environmental education is a process that
allows individuals to explore environmental
issues, engage in problem solving, and take
action to improve the environment. As a
result, individuals develop a deeper
understanding of environmental issues and
have the skills to make informed and
responsible decisions.
 The components of environmental
education are:
• Awareness and sensitivity to the environment
and environmental challenges
• Knowledge and understanding of the
environment and environmental challenges
• Attitudes of concern for the environment and
motivation to improve or maintain environmental
quality
• Skills to identify and help resolve environmental
challenges
• Participation in activities that lead to the
resolution of environmental challenges
 Environmental Education is More Than
Information about the Environment

Environmental Education Environmental Information

• Increases public • Provides facts or opinions
awareness and knowledge about environmental issues
of environmental issues • Does not necessarily teach
• Does teach individuals individuals critical-thinking
critical-thinking • Does not necessarily
• Does enhance individuals' enhance individuals'
problem-solving and problem-solving and
decision-making skills decision-making skills
• Does not advocate a • May advocate a particular
particular viewpoint viewpoint
CLIMATE CHANGE
 Climate change
• Climate change is the long-term alteration of
temperature and normal weather patterns in
a place.
Climate Risk Profile: Philippines
 Climate Change Risk Profile: Philippines

• sea level rise

• increased frequency of extreme weather
events
• rising temperatures
• extreme rainfall.
 IMPACTS

Climate Change
Water resources
• There will be water stress (both in
LACK OF WATER quantity and quality), which in turn, will
most likely cascade into more adverse
impacts, particularly on forestry,
agriculture and livelihood, health, and
human settlement.
• Limiting agricultural production.
• Energy Insufficiency due to lack of water
in Dams

ABUDNANCE OF WATER

• Flooding
Forestry

• Burning forests due to high

temperatures
• Land Degradation
Agriculture and Fisheries
AGRICULTURAL • Reduction in crop yield
• Outbreaks of pests and diseases

• migration of fish to cooler and

deeper waters would force the
fisher folks to travel further from
the coasts in order to increase their
FISHERIES catch.
• migration and shifts in population
• Malnutrition
• Higher poverty levels
Coastal Resources

• low-lying islands will face

permanent inundation
• Exposure of coastal
communities to higher
levels of threat to life and
property
Health
• outbreak and spread of water-
based and vector-borne diseases
• higher morbidity and mortality
• increased incidence of
pulmonary illnesses among
young children and
cardiovascular diseases among
the elderly.
• Increased health risk from poor
air quality especially in
urbanized areas.
• More severe malnutrition
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• Republic Act No. 9512 – ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS EDUCATION ACT. (n.d.).
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• What is Environmental Education? (2018, November 5). Retrieved from
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