Potential of Student Youth in the Field of Environmental Volunteering
The purpose of this study in the article is to describe the opportunities for representative student youth in environmental volunteering. The research objectives are to study the main interpretations of the concept “volunteer”; to determine a set of conditions for the formation of environmental volunteer skills; to consider the features of eco-volunteering, based on its history. Based on theoretical methods - analysis, synthesis, generalization, comparison and systematization - it is proposed to demonstrate the potential of student youth in the field of eco-volunteering. The hypothesis of the research is connected with the assumption that environmental volunteering in the student environment forms an innovative form of assistance in maintaining the sustainable development strategy of our country, which makes it possible to eliminate the negative environmental consequences of anthropogenic human activities. As a result of the study, the issues of ecological development in the field of ecoculture of students are considered on the basis of the systematization of this type of activity.