Chinese traditional culture is broad and profound, with a long history, which contains the deepest spirit of the Chinese nation and the richest ecological wisdom of the Chinese people. The ideological and moral essence of it has a strong reference value for the construction of ecological civilization and the cultivation of students' humanistic quality. Therefore, exploring the ideas and expressions of ecological civilization in Chinese traditional culture is the premise and basis for our effective ecological civilization education. By studying the ecological concept in traditional Chinese culture, considering the objective situation of ecological civilization construction in China and various challenges faced by the world in terms of ecological environment, it is not difficult to find that the ecological concept in traditional Chinese culture has great practical value for promoting the construction of ecological civilization in China and realizing the harmonious development of all mankind. Integrating the ecological concept of traditional Chinese culture into the construction of contemporary China and even the world, establishing a scientific ecological concept, and improving the awareness of ecological civilization of the whole people are of great practical value for promoting global ecological civilization and the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.