The issues of ecological education as an important component of humanitarian ecology is considered in the article. The humanitarian ecology is a new trend aimed at developing the knowledge of ethics and the moral bases of person’s interaction with the environment. The modern ecological situation assumes reconsideration of individual’s relationship with the nature surrounding him\her. The environmental education development and new ecological outlook formation demand scientifi c justification. Today in the situation of ecological crisis, one of the most important issues is to find new approaches to teaching ecology. The article provides some examples of the work in the field of ecological education conducted actively by the scientists-ecologists in order to promote scientific knowledge in Kalmykia.

Статья посвящена актуальной на сегодняшний день проблеме экологического просвещения как одного из важных направлений в гуманитарной экологии. Приводится фактический материал о работе региональных ученых-экологов в этом направлении.