Strategies adopted to improve students and teachers culture of prevention of geoenvironmental problems through formal and informal education

Starting from the assumption that Earth Sciences education is fundamental to improve people’s consciousness on proper management of natural hazards and georesources, to develop resilience’s capacity in the population and the effectiveness of protection measures, we analyze different strategies adopted in the educational system of the Piemonte Region (NW Italy). Case studies will be presented for showing the way students consider georesources and their sustainable exploitation and perceive natural hazards and risks, not only the major and catastrophic ones, but also the minor, hidden and silent ones.