مجله آموزش محیط زیست و توسعه پایدار
سال یکم شماره 4 (تابستان 1392)

One of the most important pollutions in environment is hospital waste. Separation of hospital waste should be performed at the starting point by the producer for management. This study examine the impact of environmental education on managing hospital staff, waste by medical personnel. The research method of this study was through census and single group of 49 people including Katalom Hospital staff a city near Ramsar in 2013. Through observed standardized questionnaire of the Environmental Protection Agency, the rate of hospital waste separation in the relevant checklist was determined. Then the demographic information, knowledge and attitude as well as the performance of hospital staff on hospital solid waste management were measured via another questionnaire. Questionnaires were re-filled after 6-hour training. Wilcoxon test showed knowledge, attitude and performance of medical personnel after training courses improved potentially, and considering the results of the T-test, it showed that the amount of waste separation increased to 100% after training. Therefore education training for waste separation in hospitals is recommended.

This study analyzes the attitude of high school students in City of Hamadan toward environmental protection. A survey of 4104 high school students in Hamadan using the Cochran test, 240 persons were selected. To enhance the credibility of findings using stratified random sampling, 270 questionnaires were proportionally completed. The validity of the questionnaire by a panel of experts and its reliability through using Cronbach's Alfa were approved and the amount was calculated above (7/0). Data analysis was performed through using SPSS software. The majority of the students had positive attitudes towards environmental protection. Correlation analysis also showed that there is 1% positive and significant relationship between their attitude towards environmental protection, the use of the Internet and father's occupation. Also, one of the most important strategies to improve student's attitude towards environmental protection is using educational videos and creating environmental organizations.

The study aimed to evaluate the trend of Environmental Education in national Development Plans. Today, environment is threatened by the watershed catchments degradation, loss of biodiversity, types of pollution and extreme climatic changes. Since many of these changes are resulted from human activities and a lack of understanding of the environment, the development of culture and environmental education are considered to be the major initiatives in solving these problems. International Changes of the environment on one hand and the development of environmentally destructive processes in the country, as in many developing countries have led that issue of environmental protection than the focus of policy makers and decision makers in the country. In this paper we review the development plans of the country then we study status of environmental education and training and practice in the five-year plans, important goals of environmental education and activities required to achieve these goals is proposed.

This paper reviews the social impacts of the construction and development of Fereidoonkenar Port on the City of Fereidoonkenar (Mazandaran province). The theoretical framework used in this study is based on Finsterbusch indicators analyzing environmental and social impacts. Statistics population includes the city of Fereidoonkenar and its surrounding suburbs. It is a qualitative research methodology and data collection methods have been implemented conducting interview. In this study, the unit of analysis is the individual. This research was conducted in the fall of 2000. The findings indicate that despite the construction and development of Fereidoonkenar Port wich is an immediate priority, this has a small role in local economic development, however, this appears to have growing influence in the future.

In this study, the role of education in reducing the use of polyethylene was investigated. District 9 of Tehran city council is located in the West part of the town with an area of 19.6 square kilometers inhabited by 170,000 people. Primarily, library research was conducted followed by the determination of sample size and the analysis of the questioner. Results showed that a reduction in the amount of plastic materials is strongly related to the level of education, job and municipal council services in district 9 which were evaluated positive. Results of the T-test show that a couple was trained on the comparison of polyethylene materials and control treatments indicate that training courses alleviated using polyethylene materials. Finally, successful strategies for district 9 of Tehran were designed in order to minimize the use of polyethylene materials.