In India, where population has seen enormous upsurge, environmental education has been made an integral component of the national education schedule With the world becoming more crowded and consuming, standards of living becoming more demanding, the environmental concerns have grown more pressing, more controversial and more in need of intelligent solutions than ever. Some of the changes the world has seen are indeed beneficial for mankind, however, many others are leasing to some serious harm to our planet. Massive increase in industrial activity during the last few decades and the release of toxic industrial waste into the environment are a cause of great concern. Environmental pollution on one hand and deforestation, soil erosion, population explosion, global warming and interference in ecosystem and biosphere on the other threaten our natural environment and, in fact, the very existence of life on earth. This is all occurring at real time – take for instance the pace at which deforestation is occurring and the resultant toll it has had on wildlife around the world – hence there is no scope for complacency. While there does exist a recognition of environmental pollution being a cause of considerable concern, it usually gets to a back-burner when placed among other, more visible, concerns such as poverty, crime, corruption or conflict considered more immediate and pressing. This inadequate emphasis on environmental concerns does not lead to the kind of understanding of their importance as is needed and, therefore, calls for a dedicated learning of environmental science as a field of studies and investigation into changes the environment bears and its effects on life. One such major change that is transpiring and its relationship to environmental science is the dramatic rise in human population, which has direct consequences for the natural resources and ecosystem services that humans rely on for survival. In India, where population has seen enormous upsurge, environmental education has been made an integral component of the national education schedule, declaring a need for creating fundamental consciousness about environment with environmental consciousness informing teaching in schools and colleges. The idea is that a person internalizes the importance of environmental well-being for and sustainable development of life on our planet. But with environmental studies made compulsory at the undergraduate level, the aim is higher, envisioning provision of a multi-disciplinary approach to education in order that there is enhancement in student engagement in science and improvement in achievements in core subject areas, providing critical tools for modern workforce and helps address the nature deficit disorder or human alienation from natural world. This need for making environmental studies mainstream is most pressing in our State, which is amongst the most vulnerable to the dangers of environmental imbalance and climate change, with the latter threatening to inflict the direst of damages. The floods of 2014 are a recent case in point and should serve as a serious warning from nature that we haven't learnt enough about. The unprecedented growth of population and uncontrolled pollution in the State are causes of serious concern and must call for finding out their remedial measures. The introduction of environmental science as a module in universities, colleges and schools of the State is, therefore, a step in the right direction. However, there is a need to introduce it as a full-on subject at the undergraduate level where there is missing link between the higher secondary and the master’s levels of education therein. The subject should also be incorporated into the educational module of medical, engineering and polytechnic colleges in the State too. Besides, research laboratories like the National Environmental Engineering Institute should be established alongside the AIIMS and the IITs. Environmental consciousness has led to important public concerns about non-biodegradable items in use, loss of wetlands and forests, and solid waste management in the State. Higher studies in environmental science will ensure these among a vast array of concerns are appropriately addressed.