The position of environmental education on the curriculum and the view of the teaching have changed a great deal in recent years. Where today it is a theme which all the subjects on the curriculum in theory are obliged to deal with, the amount depending on where it fits in naturally. The environmental problems should be regarded first and foremost as problems of society is another condition that makes it necessary for planning, implementation and evaluation of a course to be brought into different ways of thinking than former practices. Environmental education regarded as interdisciplinary and problem orientated, and much emphasis is laid on student participation in decision-making and responsibility. Emphasis is placed on the students getting out of school and colleges to investigating the problem being worked on, part of which consists of getting into touch with people with different opinions on the particular problem of environmental issues. This may be analysed particular peoples in the Nagapattinam district.

Key Word: environmental issues, curriculum, decision making.