Children need to be taught at a young age the importance of our environment and how to keep it a clean, safe place to live. If they are never taught this then they will soon grow up to unintentionally destroy our society. School systems need to be getting as much information as they can across to the students so they will forever retain the information and help save our environment. When I was in elementary school I was never informed about the current and future issues of the environment- it was always something that was assumed we all knew about. Now, years later, I'm embarrassed to say I do not know the correct approaches in preventing harm to our environment.
The picture above represents the world heating up, which is what it might eventually come to if we all don't change some of our ways. Global Warming has become a rising issue and the students, teachers, and even administrators can help contribute to this. The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has many tips that are helpful in making this possible.
I think that if my teachers stressed the issues a little bit more then what they did, I might be one more person helping out the overall quality of our environment. With that being said I do think it is the teachers job to have this important topic present in the classrooms. If the teachers are aware of the different ways in contributing to our society then they will be more capable of getting the children to contribute as well. According to the editors of Rethinking Schools, "more and more educators are beginning to realize that what we eat and how we eat have environmental implications." This is just one example of how important it is to be aware. Once they have an understanding they can bring that to the classroom, and overall school in some cases to make sure we all are pro-green!
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/school.html
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/23_04/edit234.shtml
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