This article attempts to conceptualize the term "ecological culture" through existing approaches to understanding this concept. The relationship between most scientific research and the basic systems-activity approach is established. In studying environmental culture, its specific functions are highlighted and its influence on human interaction with the environment is examined. The author defines environmental awareness as a result of environmental culture, serving as a mechanism for the formation and transmission of eco-cultural values. Environmental culture, in turn, is not simply a sum of environmental knowledge and skills, but a living, dynamic system permeating all spheres of human activity.
ecological culture; ecological values; ecological consciousness; approaches to ecological culture; environmentalism; sustainable interaction