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The article presents the results of environmental education and communities’ attitudes to the problems connected with the natural environment. On the basis of research considering the problem of the level of Polish societies’ environmental awareness, on the one hand, a positive image of pro-environmental attitudes is being formed, and on the other hand , it turns out that activities which protect natural environment are not intended by the respondents. For Polish people, the priority is to save money and if it coexists with pro-environmental behavior, they do this " by the way”. A positively moderating factor responsible for changes (increasing the level of environmental awareness) was implementation of an enactment about cleanness maintenance in municipalities. The most mobilizing factor for Polish society to protect natural environment was the membership in the European Union, the EU gives rules in this area and requires member states to implement them.