Modern forms and methods of ecological literacy advancement: The current experience of mass cultural, methodological, educational work

The history of humankind is inextricably linked with the history of nature. Today, the traditional interdependence have escalated to the global ecological problem. If the humans fail to care about the nature, they will extinguish themselves for we depend on one another completely and totally. This is why we have to cultivate ecological literacy, culture and responsibility since our childhood. Ecological education, awareness and ecological skills must be promoted which is the mission of libraries cooperating with educational institutions. Thus, Bataysk Lermontov Library cooperates with the Ecological and Biological Center. The experience of the Library’s literature and science club «The young ecologist» operating since 1994, is also discussed.