Environmental literacy as the basis of personality global citizenship

The authors of the article consider the issues of formation and development of “environmental literacy” concept of students in secondary educational institutions, as well as general information about the concept of environmental literacy, its structure and main elements of its scientific definitions; information about the development and functioning of environmental literacy formation model in modern conditions of comprehensive school. It also gives the examples of tasks for the formation of environmental literacy, including primary schoolchildren. Formation and development of environmental literacy elements at different stages of the educational process is an important task of a modern teacher. An environmentally literate person is an example of a future citizen of our planet, focused on living in a green economy developing on the principles of the sustainable development concept.