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The Development of Ecological Activity of the Youth as a Factor of Formation of Ecological Culture

Abstract

The paper analyzes trends and positive changes among young people, factors influencing the development of environmental consciousness of today’s youth. Environmental initiatives of young people, environmental volunteering, spontaneous ecological movements are considered from the point of modern socio-humanitarian researches and problems of changing values in a globalizing world. Dynamics of value orientations of young people in recent years demonstrates the beginning of a humanistic bases search of its existence, in contrast to the consumer outlook. Over the last five years there have been tendencies showing the popularity of the youth environmental movement and the development of environmental volunteering. A study of the causes, social prerequisites and psychological mechanisms of this phenomenon requires philosophical reflection and careful consideration of the philosophical bases. The understanding of the motivating factors of the development of ecological and practical activities of young people can contribute to its further promotion and development. Socially significant practical activity of young people is one of the main factors of forming of youth civil position and changes of social climate in Russia.

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Veronika Leshchinskaya
Russian State Library for Youth
Russian Federation


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Leshchinskaya V. The Development of Ecological Activity of the Youth as a Factor of Formation of Ecological Culture. Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences. 2017;(3):127-135. (In Russ.)



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