Submitted by Ed Maibach (not verified) on October 4, 2007 - 12:14.
Over the past 9 months, I too - for the first time in my life -- have found myself in front of middle school and high school aged students talking about climate change (as part of Al Gore's The Climate Project). The students have been hearteningly engaged in the content of my talks, and especially in what they can do. Like Kevin, I have been giving them a short list of recommended actions (although none quite as challenging as parsing the family's energy bill). The truly gratifying thing is that some of their parents have contacted me after the fact to let me know that their child acted on the recommendations...the most important of which is to call a "family meeting" to discuss what their family should be doing to become part of the solution.
Kevin Sweeney's classroom experience
Submitted by Ed Maibach (not verified) on October 4, 2007 - 12:14.
Over the past 9 months, I too - for the first time in my life -- have found myself in front of middle school and high school aged students talking about climate change (as part of Al Gore's The Climate Project). The students have been hearteningly engaged in the content of my talks, and especially in what they can do. Like Kevin, I have been giving them a short list of recommended actions (although none quite as challenging as parsing the family's energy bill). The truly gratifying thing is that some of their parents have contacted me after the fact to let me know that their child acted on the recommendations...the most important of which is to call a "family meeting" to discuss what their family should be doing to become part of the solution.