There are many advanced knowledge theories among college students, but their environmental awareness and literacy still need to be improved. To do this, we must realize the importance of environmental protection and get rid of the backward concepts in the past.
Second, low-carbon life and green consumption make environmental protection a living habit.
The habits that college students can do are: turn off the electrical appliances and unplug when leaving the room; Replace ordinary light bulbs with energy-saving lamps as much as possible; Try to walk instead of cars or bicycles, and ride less electric cars and taxis; Try not to buy and use disposable goods, and save water and electricity.
Third, promote environmental protection and let more people take action.
It is not enough for college students to do environmental protection by themselves, and their strength and ability are limited. Only by uniting and mobilizing the people of the whole society can we effectively solve the problem of environmental protection. College students can convey the concept of environmental protection to the society in the form of volunteers.
Fourth, college students should also have a global perspective and pay attention to the environmental protection problems facing mankind.
Nowadays, worldwide famine, water shortage, oil crisis, sea level rise and climate deterioration are no longer distant topics, and mankind is facing these unprecedented global environmental problems. We should join the activities of maintaining world harmony and protecting the only planet where human beings live.
Connotation and function of environmental protection
The concept of environmental consciousness is produced with the intensification of the contradiction between man and nature, which reflects people's psychology and sense of identity with the environment. Under the influence of this psychology, people will consciously pay attention to environmental changes and ecological balance, and will consciously maintain the benign development of the ecosystem.
Environmental awareness includes five parts: environmental awareness, environmental values, environmental ethics, environmental legal system and environmental participation, and is divided into five levels: perceptual knowledge, knowledge, attitude, evaluation and behavior. The study of environmental awareness has great practical significance in the development of man and nature.
Environmental awareness not only includes people's understanding of the environment, that is, environmental values, but also includes people's awareness of environmental protection behavior. Therefore, the connotation of environmental awareness refers to the level and degree of people's understanding of the environment and environmental protection, and also includes the awareness of people's practical activities of constantly adjusting their economic activities and social behaviors to protect the environment and coordinate the relationship between people and the environment and between people and nature.
Simply put, people's environmental awareness is the basis and premise of sustainable development, that is, environmental awareness is the internal factor that regulates, guides and controls people's behavior. Only when various organizations, groups and individuals realize the relationship between ecological environment and human survival and the harm of ecological crisis to human beings can environmental protection become people's conscious behavior.
Environmental consciousness is a new consciousness which is qualitatively different from traditional consciousness after comprehensive reflection on all aspects of the relationship between man and nature in the past, namely, basic concepts, values, theoretical ethics, behavior patterns and development paths. It is a necessary condition to ensure the safety of ecosystem and implement the strategy of sustainable development. It shows that the harmonious relationship between man and nature is a leap from passive knowledge to active knowledge, which indicates that mankind will move towards a new era.