V rabote raskryvayutsya filosofskie, pedagogicheskie, estestvennonauchnye aspekty ekologicheskogo vospitaniya v kontekste sotsial'no-kul'turnoy deyatel'nosti. Osveshcheny razlichnye podkhody k probleme tseley, zadach, soderzhaniya ekologicheskogo vospitaniya molodezhi v zarubezhnoy i otechestvennoy pedagogicheskoy nauke. Raskryty osobennosti ekologicheskogo obrazovaniya v usloviyakh Respubliki Altay, svyazannye s prirodno-klimaticheskoy, kul'turno-istoricheskoy, sotsial'no-ekonomicheskoy spetsifikoy regiona. Nauchnoy noviznoy raboty yavlyaetsya to, chto v ney sformulirovany kontseptual'nye polozheniya sistemy organizatsionno-pedagogicheskogo obespecheniya ekologicheskogo obrazovaniya, sproektirovana ee teoreticheskaya model' i pokazan opyt ee integratsii v praktiku obrazovaniya Respubliki Altay. Kniga adresovana shirokomu krugu chitateley, prezhde vsego, rabotnikam sfery obrazovaniya: uchenym, zanimayushchimsya problemami ekologicheskogo vospitaniya molodezhi, pedagogam dopolnitel'nogo obrazovaniya, metodistam, uchitelyam.