C.

Current
Milestone and
Issues in
Environmental
Education
 Environmental issues in the Philippines

• The Philippines' evident risk to natural disasters is due

to its location. Being a country that lies in the Pacific
Ring of Fire, it is prone to earthquake and volcanic
eruptions. In addition, the country is surrounded by large
bodies of water and faces the Pacific Ocean where 60%
of the world's typhoons are made.
• Other environmental problems that the country is
facing include water and air pollution, illegal
mining and logging, deforestation, dynamite
fishing, landslides, coastal erosion, wildlife
extinction, global warming and climate change.
So, what are other environmental problems?

• 1.Extensive killing of animals and destroying of

plants
• 2.Pollution of the air, water, soil and others by
chemicals
• 3.Usage and abandon of radioactive materials
• 4.Increase of UV rays due to depletion of the Ozone
Layer
• 5.Rapid Global Warming
• 6.Flood, drought, increased number of typhoons,
rising sea level due to global warming
• 7.Subsidence
• 8.Acid Rain
• 9.Desertification, lost of forest
• 10.Salinization
• 11.Insufficient energy, water, food and other resources
• 12.Waste problem
• 13.Danger of health due to electromagnetic waves
• 14.Other pollutions (noise, vibration, smell, radio wave
damage, light pollution)
 A Milestone and Challenges for Environmental
Education: Issues and Ideas for the 21st Century

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, A VITAL COMPONENT

OF EFFORTS TO SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS,
MUST STAY RELE
VANT TO THE NEEDSAND INTERESTS OF THE
COMMUNITY AND YET CONSTANTLY ADAPT
TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING SOCIAL AND
TECHNOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE