Environmental Education, Values and Attitudes of Youth in Lebanese Secondary Schools: A Comparative Analysis

2015

Master thesis development management- University of Agder, 2015 Economic development has been a cause of environmental degradation for several decades. Legal measures have been taken in many countries to curb the environmental impact, but awareness, particularly among the youth, is vital in safeguarding future generations. Environmental education (EE) has been developed in response to this need and implemented in many parts of the world. In the last few decades this idea has been expanded to include related issues, such as social justice, and is now more widely known as Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Lebanon started incorporating EE into their state school curriculum in the la…