USA Environmental Education And Its Legislation Studies

Environmental Education is a kind of the most effective measures ,which can realize the sustainable development strategy , build resources economizing and environment amicably society. It develops on the basis that the environmental problems are becoming more and more serious and environmental awareness of human is being improved unceasingly. With the worse condition of environmental problems in our country and people's educational environmental awareness, it is necessary to bring up the agenda of Environmental Education Law. The environmental education of our country is in a primary stage of development. Its studies focus on fundamental contents. The scholars are confined to school education. Now the legislative studies on environmental education are in blank space and the theory system which guiding environmental protection practice has not been built up. By the research of environmental education and its legislation, this thesis can enrich the connotation of environmental education , announce to environmental education's characters and targets, set up the correct value on environmental education and perfect the theory system of environmental education.The open character of environmental education and the socializing character of environmental rignt determine to absorb the advanced experience of other countries , push the universal and international environmental education in the whole world and promote the kind relationship between international environmental education organizations. Drawing the advanced environmental education experience is an effective approach to develop environmental education's level in our country. Applying methods such as assuming comparison , enumerating a figure , and enumerating an example to explain the USA environmental education's outstanding achievement and developmental characters: the role of three leading force in USA environmental education--the government , non-profit organization and enterprise is reasonable; Three-dimensional environmental education system about everyone is perfect; The National Environmental Education Act and relative laws commonly ensure the standardization of environmental education. Besides, the environmental education in farm of USA has provided a beneficial reference on how to improve the environmental awareness of most peasants in our country. The environmental education in our country needs to carry out necessary reformation immediately, proposes the green consume idea energetically , encourages non-government organizations and enterprises to join in the environmental education , improves the enthusiasm of the public, changes the past simple"government-leading type"into"government-leading, the public- participating type".The environmental education's legislation use the law awareness strengthening environmental awareness, it is a better measure to change the bad environmental behavior of the public and train the comprehensive environmental quality of educators. Studying the USA environmental education's legislation can be used for our reference,helping us to institutionalize , normalized the environmental education in our country.The National Environmentan Education Act becomes the maximal brightened dot of the USA environmental education. The National Environmental Education Act, developing 20 years, is come into force in 1990 finally. It has a perfect system , a clear department's duty , a multi-element financial source , plentiful funds and a perfect incentive mechanism.Under the function of The National Environmental Education Act, American environmental education's training programs have made rapid progress in development , a large number of worker who concentrates efforts on environmental education have been trained, a lots of new causes such as Project Learning Tree have been researched trained . These causes suit American local conditions , make USA's environmental education restaining the leading roal in the world. With the current situation of our country's environmental education, It is necessary to use the legislation establishing a important position of environmental education.By way of building a perfect management system and matter incentive mechanism ,paying great attention to environmental education employee's training and building perfect relevant laws and statutes, a Chinese characteristic environmental education administrative system will be established. It is a currently urgent request and task to attach great importance to guide environmental education into a normal and institutional direction within entire society range.