Education is considered to be a powerful tool for socio-economic development, environmental protection and improving the quality of life. The book describes various issues and concerns of environment and sustainable development, starting with human dimension of environmental conservation and sustainable development to perspectives of environmental education at school and college level with emphasis on structural and philosophy of environmental education, models and principles of sustainable development, teacher education, value education, women education and gender issues in environmental sustainability. The current concern for conservation of natural resources especially biodiversity has been emphasized in the perspectives of education. The book is an outstanding contribution supported with data, diagrams, flow charts and illustrations. It will be useful to students, teachers, academicians and researchers from the field of science as well as social science having interest in the fields of environmental education and sustainable development.
