About author : Dr.M.Caroline Maria is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Education and IQAC Coordinator in Loyola College of Education, Chennai. She holds the degrees of M.Sc. (Environmental Science), M.Sc. (Psychology), M.Ed. NET (Education), Ph.D. (Education). Her thrust areas are educational psychology, environmental education and research studies. She is a passionate teacher-educator who has published 10 research articles in UGC listed journals, organised 3 National Seminars in Loyola College of Education, participated and presented papers in more than 30 national and international conferences and seminars. Served as a Resource person for UGC sponsored Orientation Programme, NET, TET, TRB coaching, faculty development programmes, etc. She has done an experimental study in Loyola College of Education to find out the effect of Ecological Intelligence on developing Ecological Sensitivity among prospective teachers. The researcher has taken the idea of Daniel Goleman on Ecological Intelligence and construed the concept of Ecological Sensitivity which is denoted as the mental disposition of an individual to deal effectively with the changing environment. The research is done with an aim of enabling prospective teachers to bring out some desirable changes in their behaviour towards the protection of environment and in turn they are expected to bring out the same behavioural change in students community which is the need of the hour for the mere survival of mankind. Therefore the thesis is published as a book in order to reach many people for their behavioural change which is demanded by the environment for the sake of possible life on earth. The main aim of this book is to develop ecological intelligence and ecological sensitivity of the common man to preserve and improve the environment of the globe for sustainable life on earth.

About book : Preface Environment determines the life condition of all organisms on the earth. The continuous use of natural resources resulted in loss of forests, degradation of soil fertility, scarcity of fresh water and fossil fuel. Further, the developmental activities in terms of industrialisation and establishment of factories, improved transportation system have resulted in various environmental problems like global warming, climate change, ozone layer depletion, etc. In fact the mother earth is gasping heavily due to the unmindful human activities. To protect the earth from further deterioration suitable mechanism is to be developed in the human beings as they are the primary consumers of the resources available on earth. Therefore, I conducted an experimental study on the prospective teachers’ ecological intelligence and ecological sensitivity who are the destiny makers of our country. This experimental study is first of its kind in India. The experiment was conducted to enhance the prospective teachers’ ecological intelligence in order to develop their ecological sensitivity which is expected to be imbibed in student community for ensuring a safe environment to all living beings. I have adopted Daniel Goleman’s idea of ecological intelligence and perceived it as an individual’s collective ability to understand the human impacts on ecosystem. Then I developed the concept of ecological sensitivity from the perspective of the mental disposition of an individual to deal effectively the dynamic environment with empathy by taking initiatives to mitigate the environmental problems for sustainable development. The present study was warranted as the prevailing environmental condition demands the human beings to quickly respond to the environmental problems in order to protect the environment not only for the continued survival of the present generation, but also to ensure safe environment for the future generations. The present study includes five chapters. The first chap