http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/09/group-seeks-1-of-cap-and-trade-proceeds-for-green-education/ Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 22:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/09/group-seeks-1-of-cap-and-trade-proceeds-for-green-education/comment-page-1/#comment-136037 Rafael Torres Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:58:56 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17773#comment-136037 Finally, the education community is realizing its role and potential impact on the climate change issue. For most of us who are "believers", the science behind climate change is not new or surprising. The environmental movement had its roots decades ago, and the climate change battle did as well, although the data has continued to mount, making it all but a fact. However, at its core, the issue is one of awareness and education. Most of us who support efforts to stop climate change KNOW why we do it. We read the articles, we follow the issue, and some of us have taken coursework in it or have established our profession in the matter. The problem is that the majority of people have complex lives that are full of issues competing for attention, and they don't understand the true impact and urgency of the climate change problem. However, if most of those people received some level of education in it (whether by seminars, K-12 or college education, professional training, etc.), we wouldn't find change so hard to implement. Granted, there are people that simply, because they have contrary financial or other interests, won't support our efforts, but they will find themselves increasingly alone as we educate the general population about this important issue. The solution to a problem starts with understanding it, and education is a path to that understanding. Finally, the education community is realizing its role and potential impact on the climate change issue. For most of us who are “believers”, the science behind climate change is not new or surprising. The environmental movement had its roots decades ago, and the climate change battle did as well, although the data has continued to mount, making it all but a fact. However, at its core, the issue is one of awareness and education. Most of us who support efforts to stop climate change KNOW why we do it. We read the articles, we follow the issue, and some of us have taken coursework in it or have established our profession in the matter. The problem is that the majority of people have complex lives that are full of issues competing for attention, and they don’t understand the true impact and urgency of the climate change problem. However, if most of those people received some level of education in it (whether by seminars, K-12 or college education, professional training, etc.), we wouldn’t find change so hard to implement. Granted, there are people that simply, because they have contrary financial or other interests, won’t support our efforts, but they will find themselves increasingly alone as we educate the general population about this important issue. The solution to a problem starts with understanding it, and education is a path to that understanding.

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