ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the relationship between economic and industrial understanding (EIU) and environmental education. Both EIU and environmental education are important cross-curricular themes in the National Curriculum. Economic perspectives should be an integral part of any discussion of environmental issues alongside other perspectives such as, political, social and technological since students should be encouraged to examine and interpret the environment from a variety of perspectives'. In examining the balance between people and their immediate environment, the several components of the health education curriculum provides numerous opportunities for exploring ideas central to local as well as global environmental issues. Economic literacy is arguably a key requirement of the whole curriculum for young people if they are to understand the causes, effects and ways of tackling environmental problems whether they are on a local or global scale. There are a number of curriculum approaches which can be adopted to promote health education.
