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or, in some cases, even to counter the points made in the original document. Chapter | Introduction There are reports everyday of damage to the environment resulting from a wide range of technology applications. Forests dying due to acid rain arising out of sulfurous fumes from fossil fuels. Lakes and water streams polluted by detergents, animal and human wastes and excessive use of fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides further leading to choking aquatic life. The objective of environmental education should be to create awareness, impart knowledge, develop attitudes and skills, and encourage participation. Even more frightening, are the increasingly frequent gas leaks, explosions and fires caused by sloppy handling of risky operations or neglect in control and maintenance of safety equipment. Www In almost all of these, the human factor is to be blamed. The root causes are often ignorance and /or negligence. Somewhere along the line, is technical manpower that did not know, did not understand nor care what the effects could be. The technical manpower is concerned with the environment in two ways: I) As technical men, they may be at the source of the environment problem. They could help solve the problem or aggravate it. 2) Like all others in the society, they are also the victims of the environment problems. They should therefore, get environment education that will help them in both their roles. Whatever environmental education they received as part of their general education, must be reinforced during technical education. In Rural Development Through Education System 147