Green Journal: Kids Making a Difference
January 21, 2008
Posted by CindyC in : Green Journal , trackback
More and more, we see parents and schools teaching their children about the environment and the planet on which they live. So I was particularly happy to read about some local school children making a measurable impact on their community.
Back in February of last year, Ms. Wong’s third grade class from Foster City Elementary School walked to City Hall to air their environmental concerns in front of city council members. The class had been discussing and studying the issue of climate change. Rather than just keeping it within the classroom, these third graders used their research and came up with a list of suggestions (for change) for the city officials. Some of their suggestions included encouraging more car pooling, have more bike to work or school days, reduce fees for solar installations in homes and do more recycling.
At least one of these suggestions caught the interest of the council. Foster City, at the time, had one of the highest solar panel fees in the county, at $800 a permit. Since then, the city has completely eliminated the fee, in effort to encourage more solar power use.
Last week, these (now) fourth graders were presented with an award to recognize their efforts and encourage more civic activity. I’m pretty sure I wasn’t creating lists for change back when I was in third grade. But I sure am glad this current generation is starting earlier than mine.
original story from SF Examiner
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So inspiring. Thank you for sharing. I hope that we can all raise kids who truly appreciate our planet like these ones. And kudos to their teacher - who must be pretty awesome herself to inspire something like that.