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America's Children Deserve Environmental Education
secure2.convio.net — The House of Representatives will be voting next week on the No Child Left Inside Act. Environmental education is critical now because of the complex environmental challenges confronting the nation and world, which require an informed citizenry, and engaged, knowledgeable individuals
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- bcerge, on 09/05/2008, -2/+3I'm all for going green, the last thing we need is to shove global warming down our kids throats....
- roosevans, on 09/06/2008, -1/+2Global warming is a legitimate environmental concern but globalists are using the issue to put forward their "global governance" agenda and these globalists will brainwash our children through education about environmental issues. We have to be careful!
- mediaura, on 09/06/2008, -2/+0Education, if done properly, is not brainwashing. Of course, we know it's rarely done properly... The environment shouldn't be confined to our planet. We should already be thinking ahead about our impact on the Universe, or more appropriately the Universe's impact on us.
- BalooUrsidae, on 09/06/2008, -1/+1It's called the Boy Scouts.
- tackerman, on 09/06/2008, -3/+1Environmental Educators teach kids to think - not what to think.
- JimmySpaza, on 09/06/2008, -2/+2I say teach children the facts, not political innuendo. Tell them what science has established as fact, as theory with good supporting evidence, as theory with little evidence, and as mere speculation. Do NOT tell them to believe or flunk. As such, Al Gore can stay the heck away from every school.
- johndi, on 09/06/2008, -1/+2How about we start by actually educating children in school. Just being able to read and write would be a nice start. If we do that they will be able to understand the environmental information that is already out there. As a nice bonus it will save us money because it's a hell of a lot cheaper to teach than to build more jails.
"In prisons 19% are illiterate and up to 60% functionally illiterate, a rate five times the general population."
http://www.prisons.org/dignity/prisonharm.htm - UniqueJewelry, on 09/06/2008, -2/+1Children learn from example...The adults and politicians need to reinforce enviromental education with action.
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