*Effects of the Changes of Curriculum on the Coverage of Environmental Content in Geography DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.104988*

Grades R-12 is sensitive to issues of diversity such as poverty, inequality, race, gender, language, age, disability, and other factors [8]. The section below discusses some guiding principles in EE implementation. In the South African curriculum, integration of environmental impact topics is across all subjects as mentioned in this section. As seen in **Table 1**, in Geography the following EE/ESD content is covered, these include the concept of development, effect of development on the environment, using resources, effects of using more non-conventional energy on the South African economy and the environment and energy management, water in the world. Furthermore, environmental topics included the world's oceans, water management in South Africa, floods, drainage systems in South Africa, fluvial processes and catchment and river management.
