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Background
Environmental Education
History of Environmental Education
What is environmental education?
- Climate Change
- Polar ice caps melting
- Oceans warming
- Plastic pollution
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- Resistance to change
- Big companies causing pollution
- People are unwilling to make minor lifestyle changes
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- 17th century
- Used to help the mentally ill
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- 1890s education reform
- Moved from textbook to hands-on learning
- Called "nature study"
- Louis Agassiz started it
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- Hands-on learning
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- Outdoor classrooms and nature playgrounds
- Unique outdoor
learning experiences
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- Applying the knowledge into real life and future endeavors
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