环境意识的内涵及其作用

On the Essence of Environmental Consciousness and Its Effect

环境意识的概念是随着人与自然的矛盾加剧而产生的。环境意识反映的是人们的一种心理,是对环境的认同感。在这种心理的作用下,人们会有意识地去关注环境变化和生态平衡,并且会自觉地维护生态系统的良性发展。环境意识包括环境认识观、环境价值观、环境伦理观、环境法制观和环境参与观五部分,分为感性认识、知识、态度、评价和行为五个层次。对环境意识的研究在人与自然的发展中具有巨大的实践指导意义。

The concept of environmental consciousness comes into being with the increasing contradiction of the relationship between man and nature. What the environmental consciousness reflects is a certain kind of psychological sense, which is a sense of identification with the environment. Through the psychological effect, people pay attention to the change of environment, ecological balance and safeguard the positive development of ecological system consciously. The system includes five parts, which are outlooks of environmental knowledge, environmental values, environmental ethnics, environmental legal system and environmental participation. It can also be divided into five levels, which are perceptual knowledge, knowledge, attitude, evaluation and behavior. The environmental consciousness plays a practical, constructive role in the process of the development of man and nature.