Environmental education is a direction of the Green Plan [the environmental
protectionpolicy for Singapore- authors].Cultivatingknowledge of
the scientific and social significance of the environment is the first step in
the founding of an environmentally friendly society. It is through knowledge
and awareness that positive values and attitudes emerge, values and
attitudes that will prompt action to make the adjustments to lifestyles and
consumption habits that will reduce the burden we place on the environment.
(Ministry of Environment, 1993: 13