| Environmental education is a fresh, dynamic but complex field of academic and practical. With the increasingly serious ecological problems and environmental issues of great concern, environmental education is also an important mission to assume more and more been recognized.In this paper, we analyze completely and discuss deeply based on the existing domestic and international law and practice of environmental education, concept of Chinese Environmental Education Act, the legal nature, legal relations and problems of environmental education in order to draft Chinese Environmental Education Act in the near future and create conditions in stabilizing and developing environmental education for a long period.The full text is divided into nine parts.Preface: After analyzing the important role of environmental education out of environmental protection and stating that environmental education legislation is the fundamental guarantee for developing environmental education in our country, this chapter is pointing out that we do need to have own Environmental Education Act. Chapter I: The occurrence and development of environmental education. This chapter mainly analyzes the seriousness of the current environmental problems, the urgency of environmental governance and the plight of environmental education. Further more, this chapter points out the key role of environmental education in governance. Finally, we analyze the history and current status on environmental education.Chapter II: The basic principles of environmental education. Firstly, this chapter states why environmental education is pointed out, then making clear the purpose, aims, types and characteristics of environmental education.Chapter III: Beginning of the Environmental Education Act. In this chapter, we mainly state overview of the legislation of World Environmental Education Act and analyze the relationship among environmental education, environmental law and education law.Chapter IV: American environmental education legislation and its inspiration. This chapter mainly does research on overview of American environmental education and legislation. The United States is the first country to set done"Environmental Education Act". The United States implemented a series of measures, such as establishing organizations of the implementation of environmental education, providing environmental education training, financing activities related to environmental education. We will have a significant inspiration on environmental education legislation through learning from the successful experience of American environmental education legislation. The development of environmental education is inseparable from the Environmental Education Act protection. Good environmental education must be a sound system set up. Environmental education is inseparable from the support and promotion of the government. Environmental Education Act must exert a variety of environmental education to protect the role of force. Environmental Education Act should promote environmental education and encourage the diversification of funding sources. Environmental Education Act must guarantee the financial investment and encourage the community to participate in.Chapter V: The environmental education and legislature in our country. This chapter mainly analyzes the history and current situation of the environmental education and legislature in our country, outlines the characteristics of education development, pointing out that environmental education structure in China is irrational, low level, and uneven development. There are also some environmental education deficiencies, such as lack of a stable system of security, clear specific requirements and educational resources, theoretical research and support for deep development. In order to deal with these deficiencies, environmental education has become an inevitable choice legislation.Chapter VI: We should have legislation for the Environmental education in our country. The fundamental of the environmental education in our country is to strengthen legislation; it is not only for our country's construction needs, but also for the needs of institutionalization, and the needs of the environmental education routine. Based on the actual situation in our country, it demonstrated that it is necessary to carry out the environmental education legislation, and also in-depth analysis of conducting environmental education at the feasibility of legislation.Chapter VII: The concept of China Environmental Education Act legislation. In this chapter, we discuss the basic principle legislative model, basic system and environmental education system in our country. Make the clear purpose and goal to enhance the universal awareness of environmental protection, promote the professional environmental education development, legalize the investment of the professional environmental education, ensure the systemization of the environmental education's development, and promote the collaboration with relevant government departments.Conclusion: The main thesis is summed up on the main conclusion of the study. |
