There are plenty of colleges and universities across the United States that now offer environmental studies. But this week's New York Times had a piece on the environmentalism that's popping up in and around secondary school classrooms.
Things like greening buildings with solar panels, compact fluorescent bulbs and environmentally friendly cleaners, championed by groups like Grassroots Environmental Education. Or measures to ban the idling of car engines at school pickup point. The photo accompanying the story shows middle school kids planting a garden. Some secondary schools are taking it further, the story notes. Some of the schools recognized by the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education assign environmentally themed readings for homework. Green California Schools will hold a summit and exposition for educators in Pasadena in December.
Of course, there are naysayers. Folks who can't see that there's room for an "e" in each of the so-called three "Rs". They probably don't recycle either.
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