Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyse the impact of environmental education on the sustainable development of society, to determine the role and place of environmental education in the social and life processes of society development. The objectives of the study were: to analyse the state of environmental education, to study the problems and peculiarities of environmental education implementation in the context of globalisation. When conducting the research, general scientific methods of cognition were used. The method of information search allowed to collect the necessary material on the topic of research. The author made a theoretical analysis of empirical material. Research touches on the issues of the formation of environmental education in educational institutions. The article is devoted to the analysis of the perspective directions of the formation of the institute of environmental education, including the application of international practice. The paper explores the concept of developing ecological thinking, identifies promising vectors for the formation of environmental education, and sets the tasks of environmental education in the existing educational system. The author gives classification of ecological problems, and the directions of solution of the revealed problems are defined. The author summarises the material on the issues of environmental education and formulates proposals for the use of new forms of organisation of effective environmental work. It is proved that environmental education is the foundation of sustainable development of society.