In an ideal world, everyone would be educated about environmental issues and have a respectable understanding of the current conditions of the world, too bad there exists not a world like that. So, it really just comes down to education. Although, there is more awareness of the environment nowadays, it really starts with education. If kids are taught to sort out their garbage, not to litter, and how to protect the environment, there wouldn't be so much ignorance about it now. It's really about making our world a priority, because we want to live in a better place and leave it better for the next generation.Programs should be initiated in schools and common knowledge about the subject should be taught. It might not prevent everyone from leaving their plastic bottles at the beach, but if people give it a second thought, and one person out of the one hundred decide to dispose of it properly, then that's one less bag in the ocean, one less bag ingested by organisms. What's more, it's one less bag that will remain in the ocean for 450 years.
I think education would be a big help in preventing pollution, but I also think that parents play a big role in this. They need to set a good example and clean up after themselves. When they do this their children will follow and growing up in a family that cleans up all the time will make it a habit for the children and it will continue into the next generation.
ReplyDeleteIf we want education to actually help, I think we'd have to start at an early age, because when children get older they get a sense of not caring as much or even defying instructions just to be rebellious. Almost like religion, if you start exposing young children to your opinions, they're much more likely to adopt your way of thinking than if you started in high school.
ReplyDeleteYou guys really said it. Charis, I think you're right. Parents really do have a huge impact on their kids and how they'll grow up. Michelle, I think yes, kids should learn at a young age because they will more easier adopt the way of thinking, but I think until they really learn to appreciate the environment for themselves,and make a personal decision to care about it, they can just as easily abandon it when they're older than how fast they learned in at the beginning.
ReplyDeleteIt's kind of the same with religion, since you made that comparison. Kids can be exposed to their parents' opinions and believe what they believe at a young age, but when they grow old, that religion or belief will not mean anything unless they really believe it for themselves.