期刊名称：International Journal of Educational Research and Technology
印刷版ISSN：0976-4089
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
期号：2
页码：150-156
出版社：Society of Education
摘要：A time existed when corporations used the environment as a free and unlimited resource. The time is ending, in terms of international public awareness and increasing legislative control. The magnitude of environmental abuse, not only by industries but also by human activities and nature's processes, has awakened an international awareness of the need to protect and save the environment. At risk is the most valuable stakeholder, the earth itself. The depletion and destruction of air, water, and land are at stake in terms of natural resources. Consider the destruction of the rain forests in Brazil; the thinning of the ozone layer above the earth's atmosphere; climate warming changes from carbon dioxide (CO2) accumulations; the smog in Mexico City, Los Angeles, and New York City; the pollution of the seas, lakes, rivers, and groundwater supplies as a result of toxic dumping; and the destruction of Florida's Everglades National Park. At the human level, environmental pollution and damage cause heart and respiratory diseases and lung and skin cancer. Registered voters have stated that the most important environmental problems facing the nation are air pollution (26%), unsafe drinking water (11%), water pollution (11%), and toxic/hazardouswaste (10%)(USA, 2001).
