Role of Eco-Club in Fostering Environmental Sustainability Awareness Among School Students
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https://doi.org/10.56294/sctconf20251403Keywords:
Eco clubs, Eco Club Activities, Environmental Awareness, Environmental Preservation, SustainabilityAbstract
Introduction: the concept of environment is highly intertwined with life and its interactions with the natural world. Environmental education deals with man’s association with nature and man-made environs (Abdela). The concept of an environmental club (Eco-Club) emerged under this circumstance, and its main motto is to learn and conserve the environment by focusing on sustainable developmental features. These clubs in school aid as a platform for students to actively participate in meaningful environmental activities from the elementary level onwards. By participating in Eco-Clubs, students can extend their level of environmental awareness from their behaviour to their family, peer group and society.
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