Should we start them young?
Having just turned twenty, I can’t say that I have many friends who care about the environment as much as I do. In fact, many of them are quite open about the fact that they don’t care about recycling, their carbon emissions etc. To quote: “Nothing is going to happen in my lifetime, so why does it matter?”
In my blogs before I have looked at which age groups recycle the most and what reasons they do (or don’t) do it for. There weren’t any conclusive answers, but I did find that it tends to be the younger and older generations that don’t recycle and the reasons for this could be a lack of education about the importance of it, a lack of resources like recycling bins and excuses like the box was too heavy.
My suggestion pushes for more education about global warming and the importance of caring for the environment both in school and out, maybe getting them more involved in hands on activities. Maybe getting them involved with the issues that are threatening our planet will evoke a passion for conservation that many young adults today seem to be lacking.
There are already many groups for young people around the Midlands that you can get your children involved with.
Forest Schools deliver woodland play areas, where children can observe wildlife, go pond-dipping, bird watching and look after injured animals and birds. Their mission is to “work with all Birmingham schools to faciliate quality, innovative, Outdoor Learning and Forest Schools as part of daily teaching practice”. Children can get involved in a variety of classes and for information contact 01384 821622.
Eco Way is a group in Coventry of people aged eight to twenty-five who help the environment with activities like cleaning up litter, planting seeds and spray-painting old garages. There is a meeting on the first Monday of every month and everyone is invited to join from 6-8PM at the Edburne Youth room, Deedore road. For more information contact Nicole Heaney on 02476 622964.
If you know of any groups similar to these in the West Midlands, share them with us by commenting below.
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Antonio Roberts says:
I used to work at Centre of The Earth that worked with primary schools to teach about reusing and recycling. As you know this closed down earlier in the year but that building might still have an education programme
Aug. 26 at 2:21 pmMr Uku says:
Starting them young is definitely the way forward. I believe many adults are apathetic toward green issues, so they never encourage the kids. We need schools to show the next generation how useful recycling and ecology can be for all of us.
Aug. 26 at 2:31 pmIf the young uns can see the importance in being green, then they’ll carry it forward better than us oldies ever will :-)
How green is the happiest place on earth? : Birmingham Recycled says:
[...] As you can from my pictures, Disney use characters like the cute little fish from Finding Nemo to try and get kids to be more environmentally conscious. Because as we all know, starting them young is best! [...]
Oct. 11 at 9:17 pm