Kids to adults: Clean up your act!
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Scholastic, the company that brought you Clifford, the Big Red Dog and countless school newspapers and paperbacks, surveyed 17,000 schoolkids about environmental issues as part of their Science Explorations project. They released the survey recently to commemorate Earth Day. So, how did we adults fare in the eyes of the future generation? 39% gave us an "F" on climate change (only 11% thought our response to the problem merited an "A"). Meanwhile, 54% of kids think that climate change is "the most important issue facing the world today." So we're not only failing - we're failing where it really counts! Poor showing.
Other results include the news that 52% of kids think that solar energy is the answer to the energy problem, and that we should start recycling more.
I just hope that these kids can hold onto their positive enviro-thoughts as they get older and older and realize that driving cars is the main way you can get places, and buying things is really fun...
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