The role of socialization institutions in environmental education involves a balance between theoretical concepts and practical applications

Abstract

Environmental crimes are among the crimes committed by humans on Earth that have extended to include all aspects of life, and they have varied in degree of severity and cruelty. It has been shown that environmental crimes have serious harms to humans, the environment, health, and the economy. When we interpret the relationship between humans and the environment, human ecology, as a branch of sociology, deals with the study of people in their physical condition, as it is concerned with interpreting certain phenomena such as humans polluting their environment and the effect of these actions on the environment’s performance of its role for humans in the present and the future. Through this scientific article, we seek to analyze and diagnose the role of socialization institutions in addressing and confronting this problem, which is fundamentally a matter of public concern, as it affects the natural environment in which humans live with all its components. An individual's behavior within society is subject to an educational process through which he acquires values and culture that allow him to adapt to the environment in which he lives. Here, we pose the following fundamental question: How do socialization institutions contribute as a preventive factor to the occurrence of environmental problems through environmental education? Industrial wealth and technological progress were among the most important factors that led to the destruction of the ecological balance and the emergence of environmental problems. Even humans began to experience new phenomena that were previously unknown and widespread. Some diseases affecting the respiratory systems of humans have emerged due to air pollution, deforestation, and related issues such as soil desertification, erosion, drought, acid rain, global warming, and snow melting.