Ways To Value the Environment

Aesthetic Value
Appreciating beauty through the senses
Cultural Value
Maintaining the attitudes and practices of a specific group of people
Ecological Value
Maintaining the integrity of natural systems
Economic Value
Exchanging goods and services for money
Educational Value
Benefitting from learning and instruction
Egocentric Value
Focusing on self-satisfaction and personal fulfillment
Legal Value
Referring to the law and its enforcement
Recreational Value
Using leisure time
Social Value
Sharing human empathy, feelings, and status

Adapted from "A Child's Place in the Environment", sponsored by the California Department of Education in cooperation with Konocti Unified School District.

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