The Earth is what we all have in common.
— Wendell Berry.
To define environmental awareness we must first understand the environmentalist movement. Environmentalism is an ideology that evokes the necessity and responsibility of humans to respect, protect, and preserve the natural world from its anthropogenic (caused by humans) afflictions.
Environmental awareness is an integral part of the movement’s success. By teaching our friends and family that the physical environment is fragile and indispensable we can begin fixing the problems that threaten it. Environmental awareness means being aware of the natural environment and making choices that benefit the earth, rather than hurt it.
Environmental awareness grew in the second half of the twentieth century. With this awareness, the public demand for environmental safeguards and remedies to environmental problems became an expectation of a greater role for government.
Environmental awareness is to understand the fragility of our environment and the importance of its protection. It is to educate and to transfer knowledge in society about earth as a whole. That we are dependent on natural resources and how these resources should be utilized in proper and sustainable manner.
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