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Environment – a school subject?

 Do you know about deforestation? Or the melting polar caps? Or maybe even the Great Pacific garbage patch? All of these are topics regarding the environment. Although they are so important, not much about them is taught at schools. And that’s what I want to talk about in this Blog post.

I got most of the information I have about these topics from the Internet or documentaries. Current environmental problems, regarding the ocean, are not talked about in school that much, although they are just as important as some of the other problems we learn about. That’s a topic, pupils should definitely learn more about. But that’s just one of many.

Do you know any ways to help with the climate crisis and other environmental issues? If you ask me, that’s something that schools should teach young people more about. That would help a lot, because it spreads awareness about the environment and suggests ways for the students to help with its condition. Another way schools could help, involves school buffets. School buffets getting rid of at least most of their plastic, and offering a wider variety of vegetarian and vegan food, would help with at least some of the environmental problems.

Environmental education is important. The question is: How to teach it to the pupils? I think, that the basics should be integrated in other lessons, with the option of an additional, voluntary subject, which can be chosen by the students. In that voluntary subject, environmental issues – as well as ways to help with problems of this kind – could be discussed in more detail.

What do you think of the environmental education at your school? Can you think of any other ways, school could help the environment? Let me know about your thoughts in the comments and start helping the environment today!

~ headstrongmouse

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