“INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL AWARENESS IN EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT”

During the last few decades, there has been an increasing consciousness and concern that the environment in which we live has deteriorated very fast. We are witnessing a steady decline in the quality and/or quantity of basic life supporting resources like air, water, soil and living organisms. Sustainable development has emerged out of the fears of the depleting natural resources and a subsequent slowing or even closing down of much of the economic activities and production systems. It is the result of rapacious misuse of earth’s precious and limited resource base by those few who had a control over production systems. The emergence of the idea of sustainability also strikes at the indispensability of eco-friendly technological transformation towards energy saving devices, alternate and non-conventional systems for providing comfort to citizens without bringing down their quality of life. The dominant patterns of production and consumption are altering climate, degrading the environment, depleting resources, and causing a massive extinction of species. To meet the demands of increasing population, technology has come forward. This paper focuses on the key areas of sustainable developments and technological contributions towards it.