Environmental education is life long process with the objectives of
importing to its target group in the formal and non formal education
sectors environmental awareness ecological knowledge, attitude values
commitment for actions and ethical responsibilities for rational use of
resources and for sound & sustainable development. Environmental
education emphasis the teaching of the holistic nature of environment
through interdisciplinary and problem solving approaches. The primary
school is the natural place to introduce children to environmental
education, since at this level they instinctively have holistic view of
the environment. They have yet not been trained to compartmentalize
their learning into separate subject as they will have to do in
secondary & higher education. Introducing critical thinking & problem
solving approaches in Environmental education especially in Primary
School level, is fundamental if students are to become skillful in the
identification and solution of environment problems as student and later
on as adult citizen and possible decision makers.