The goal of this research paper is to investigate the level of perception;
attitudes towards environment and skills available to women in urban Kano.
Women, as the catalyst of population growth, primary harvesters of natural
resources and chief home-managers play crucial role in efforts to promote
environmental sanitation and sustainability. In order to evaluate the depth
of the women’s environmental education a combination of fieldwork and a
purpose made test were employed to examine the profile of environmental
education among women in a typical Nigerian city – Kano. The findings
revealed that women in our cities are scarcely informed and enlightened
about the problems plaguing our environment as they affect them. Women
need to be enlightened on how best to maintain the environment. Women are
however, constrained by poverty, inadequate awareness and poor access to
vital resources. From the findings of this investigation, women in our cities
do not know that they can contribute significantly towards achieving
environmental sustainability. It therefore recommended that there is need
for the government, civil societies and educational managers and planners
and curriculum experts to recast their approaches to both formal and
informal education to reflect fundamentals of environmental sustainability
through integration and promotion of skills, awareness and change of
attitudes.