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Introduction



Let's start with the beginning, before the man (Homo sapiens) appeared in the Earth, nature is kept in a constantly evolving (changing) and adaptation, there was no pollution, nohabia natural disasters so explode a volcano. With the appearance of the man as a thinking species, began to dominate some natural phenomena, which brought him an advantage over other species andincreased the number of its population as a logical response to the processes of natural selection, the increase in population created the need for systems development that would provide food, room andsecurity men. When populations are few environmental damage are minimal, but the current development systems exert a harmful effect on the environment, in some cases of reversible type elsewhere withoutthe possibility of return.

If we could travel to the past and place ourselves in the jungle Amazon 2 million years ago, we could carry out ecological studies, we would have the opportunity toobserve the relationships between beings of nature and the environment, but what we could do is environmental education, would not have to educate, there are environmental impacts or destructive behaviorsof the medium in the inhabitants of these places. Understanding this example, we find the difference between ecology and environmental education.

The terms ecology and environmentalism are used insome cases in an indiscriminate way, when it comes to discuss the relations of man with nature, when you apply their models of development, so, we say that we do the ecological campaign not to throwgarbage on the ground, it manufactures that threatens the ecology of the River, which the politicians are branded as ecologists when they favor laws to protect the environment.

Fortunately, everyday, citizenship is made more aware of the need to protect and preserve the environment, as a single guarantee to be able to survive on Earth. This necessitates a clarification of concepts that allow...