1) Basic ecological and environmental concepts and their context.2) Development of the relationship of man to nature and the environment.3) Global issues.4) Relationships between economic development and the environment; basic principles of sustainable development; tools sustainable development.5) State and environmental problems in the Czech Republic, region and place.6) Environmental education - meaning, development, concepts, goals; didactical aspects of environmental education.7) Basic methods, forms and means of environmental education at school and out-of-school area.
The subject The basics of ecology and environmental issues acquaints with basic ecological concepts and relations in the environment. It deals with the influence of anthropogenic activity on the ecosystem and monitors the possibilities of fulfilling environmental education in school and out-of-school environment.