Ecosystems, Pollution, and Use of Resources in Textbooks of 14 Countries: An Ecocentric Emphasis

Table 4

Textual occurrences of the Human as guest versus Humans as owners of nature in the subtopic Pollution in 40 textbooks.

Textual occurrences	Pupils’ age			Total
	6–11	12–15	16–18
Impact on humankind	21	39	31	91
Economic consequences	4	6	14	24
Social risks	2	14	5	21
Aesthetic values	2	2	5	9
Ethic, moral, and cultural motivations	0	7	2	9
Impact to ecosystems	51	72	67	190
Total	80	140	124	325