Sensitization of Students on the Need for Healthy Environment for Sustainable Development

Abstract

This is a study aimed at effecting significant behavioural change in young people to help them take
conscious steps to engage themselves in local environmental campaign to help promote healthy
environment for sustainable development. This research work was carried out in Riis Presbyterian
Model Junior High School in Koforidua municipality. With regards to the intervention design used, a
well-tailored educational package was systematically administered. Specifically, forty-five (45)
students from different geographical locations were used for the study. Environmental sustainability
concepts such as environmental awareness creation, prevention of bushfires to enhance rural
livelihood and curbing our developmental activities that simply exploit the Earth’s raw materials and
release large quantities of waste energy and toxic materials back into the system were considered
under this study. The findings confirmed that if a well-tailored educational package is used to
sensitize the citizenry, our quest to achieving healthy environment for sustainable development will
not only be a success but sustainable.