This paper intends to show that Environmental Education is spreading a new vision of the world among people, aiming at improving the quality of life around the planet. It concerns the valorization of life, the need of adopting a new life-style without excessive consumism, without the misuse of resources and withnet environmental degradation. It also shows the opinions of several authors about the "sustainable development" as a form of development that provides economical growth with social justice and the satisfaction of the needs of poor people.
environmental education; quality of life; sustentability