This chapter talked about have a "green" school and teacher students about sustainability along with their core subjects. This sounds like a great idea. I really think that something like this would work in rural areas, especially in farming communities. The students could learn about the ins and outs or farming, they could create a school farm, and they would learn how to create a sustainable future for generations to come.
This may also work in bigger cities. Students could learn about the damaging effects that pollution has on the environment. They could learn how to change their city's use of carbon and how they can create a "better, healthier" city to live in.
I ma not sure how many school would be interested in this type of school, but it sounds like a great idea. If we want a clean and healthy place for our future generations to live, we need to do something about it now. Teaching our students about sustainability may be the way we need to go.
Sustainability is a topic that seems to be gaining more and more interest in. Along with all of the other things that we need to teach, an understanding of the fact that our world may not be what it currently is for the rest of their lives is something that students should have an understanding of.
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