Leaving No Child, or Adult, Inside - Utne Reader

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Leaving No Child, or Adult, Inside
Improving environmental literacy for children and adults
—By Anna Cynar, Utne.com
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As Utne.com has reported, children's advocates and environmentalists have been working to get more environmental education in and outside of the classroom. The movement is gaining traction on the legislative front, with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation pushing for a federal No Child Left Inside amendment to improve the NCBL act. If passed, the amendment would increase funding for state environmental literacy plans and provide more flexibility and training for teachers to address crucial environmental issues.

http://www.utne.com/webwatch/2007_316/news/12780-1.html

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1. I think that education in physics and energy concepts is *everything*

There is a real deficit in people's understanding of energy concepts. Even reporters and elected representatives get it wrong.