In the context of a constantly changing world, sustainable development has become an essential orientation with three core elements: economy, society and environment. To promote positive change, green education has become one of the key educational models that not only helps the young generation to cultivate knowledge but also nurtures the responsibility to protect the green planet. So what is green education? How is the development of green education in Vietnam being implemented? Let's join GREEN IN Find out about this issue through the article below!
1. What is green education?
Green Education is understood as an educational model formed to realize sustainable development goals (ESD - Education for Sustainable Development). Not only stopping at changing facilities, the training program is also "greened" to develop knowledge, attitudes, and skills for the young generation to be able to contribute to the sustainable development model. This educational model orients the future by focusing on environmental protection values, civilized society against the risks of ecosystem degradation.
Not only is it simply about integrating knowledge about climate change, the depletion of natural resources, and poverty, green education also represents a shift in traditional teaching and learning methods to a more modern form. From there, learners can be proactive in orienting their learning methods and developing their creativity endlessly.
2. Goals of the green education model
- Develop skills for learners so that in the future, they can become a workforce that meets the stringent requirements of a green economy, green society and sustainable ecological environment.
- Building a green learning environment, close to nature. Implementing many green education programs applied to smart classrooms to replace the traditional school model.
- Building an education system based on the core philosophy of "Humans living in harmony with nature, behaving appropriately towards the Earth".
3. Some famous schools in the world apply green education
3.1. Fabindia Primary School (India)
The campus of Fabindia Primary School is filled with green trees to create an educational environment in harmony with nature and friendly to students. In addition, the school also applies the use of solar energy in nearly 90% of teaching and learning activities at the school. Knowledge about waste classification, utilizing leftover food and organic waste as fertilizer for green plants is also widely disseminated by the school to generations of students. It can be said that Fabindia Primary School (India) is an open green space, where students learn a green lifestyle, standard and correct behavior towards the environment.
3.2. Heimdal High School (Norway)
Heimdal School is part of the Zero Emissions Buildings program in Norway. It is a multi-purpose green school, with spaces such as the gymnasium, dance, music and theatre all used for local community purposes. In addition, the school has a modern design, consumes 75% less energy than other buildings, and does not produce greenhouse gases during its operation. 71% of the energy used comes from geothermal heat pumps, biogas power stations and solar panels.
3.3. University of California (USA)
The University of California in the US is one of the leading schools in efforts to implement sustainable development goals and climate change. The school owns a forest with an area of up to 40 hectares, which is a shelter for more than 22.000 trees in the Mediterranean region.
The school's training programs also focus on green education by opening many quality majors such as agricultural economics, evolutionary biology, entomology, botany and ecology.
4. The development of green education in Vietnam
Participating in the global green education trend, Vietnam is also promoting “green school program” projects with the goal of educating the young generation on the most practical actions to deal with the current serious environmental pollution and climate change. Most of the participants in the green school program are primary and secondary schools. Some of the pioneering schools in Vietnam in the green education campaign include: Genesis Tay Ho Inter-level School (Hanoi), Vietnam-Australia International School (Go Vap - Ho Chi Minh City), Pham Hong Thai Green Primary School (Da Nang)...
The green school model is a project that any green city needs to own. In Vietnam, green education in general or green schools in particular are gradually being built and completed with 3 core criteria that need to be achieved such as:
- Green technical infrastructure needs to be environmentally friendly.
- Develop green education programs to help young generations form awareness of sustainable environmental protection, nurture green thinking, green action skills and green lifestyles.
- Building a school model connected to the community in a green space.
Most green school buildings in Vietnam from kindergarten to university level focus on design, calculating wind and sunlight directions, choosing construction materials and equipment installed on campus. The purpose is to maximize natural light sources, minimize water and energy consumption, and reduce waste...
In addition to theoretical teaching, green education at school focuses more on practice, especially minimizing the use of plastic and applying the rules: Reduce, Recycle and Reuse. At the same time, students will also have the opportunity to be exposed to nature, develop feelings for nature and learn how to protect the environment.
5. Conclusion
The above article has helped you learn about green education. Hopefully our information will be of some help to you as well as help in the process of protecting the green - clean - beautiful environment. Don't forget to follow the next articles at GREEN IN for more updated information!