FORMATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURE THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AS A BASIS FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

In the context of the current environmental and global crisis, universal and continuous environmental education is becoming increasingly important to overcome it. Agenda 21, adopted at the International Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, established the concept of sustainable development as a new worldview for humanity. This document states that environmental education is one of the mechanisms for changing knowledge, values, behavior and lifestyle, and creating a culture necessary to achieve a sustainable society.

This scientific article examines aspects of the formation of environmental culture and public environmental activity through environmental education as a mechanism for achieving sustainable development goals. The priority directions of the state environmental policy of Kazakhstan have been studied, and the best foreign experience in environmental education has been analyzed. It is shown that the formation of an environmental culture in society is impossible without the systematic implementation of continuing education programs for the population, starting from the family, school and higher educational institutions.

In connection with the increasing environmental responsibility of the population, the issue of its environmental activity is also relevant. The comprehensive development of environmental culture is the key to instilling in our generation patriotism and constant concern for citizens about the environment. As a result of such new initiatives, a new culture and a new social ethic can be established in our country, we can cultivate a real sense of patriotism and concern for the environment. All this is a reason to recognize environmental culture in all spheres of society as a means of creating a “green transformation”.