Help us Learn
This is one of the most important issues of our time and unfortunately my generation appear to care less than the previous one. I am a 22 year old from London and thankfully grew up with a mother and father who taught me about the beauty of the world.
I grew up eating vegetables fresh from the garden, fresh honey from my father’s beehives and eggs from kept chickens. Yes I lived a privileged up bringing where my parents had the knowledge and skills to do these things, however it is not a difficult thing to pick up.
I have recently moved in with three friends and am appalled at the amount of energy, food and water they waste. Putting washes on at 40 degrees and always using the drier, even though it is the middle of summer. Never using left over food up, just throwing it in the bin and leaving lights on all over the flat.
I am currently growing vegetables in the garden to try and enforce a little eco-power in to the flat (if you want some great energy saving tips by the way, have a look at the Enigin PLC company blogs), but I have just been given a massive wake up call as to how clueless my generation is!
We were not taught about how we affect the globe with every action we have, or how to grow vegetables. Most of the people I know my age don’t know how to cook and couldn’t imagine hand washing any clothes.
This is a disgrace and MUST change. Some schools and organisations are beginning to wake up to that fact that they have to teach children about environmental studies. But its too little, this needs to be done on a wider scale and the government and local councils need to think of ways of getting through to young adults who have left full time education.
Unfortunately there are a limited amount people like myself can do!
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