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Teaching young people to think about the environment is as
important as teaching them to read and write. Environmental
education gives children the skills to live as active and
informed citizens. Industry-backed groups are fighting environmental
education programs in our schools through school boards, textbook
censorship, the Department of Education, and through state-level
legislation. Of the four states in the Southern Plains region,
only Arkansas has a functioning comprehensive state-level
education program.
Southern Plains Issues:
Anti-Environmental Education Legislation
Chapter Campaigns
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Anti-Environmental Education Legislation
Critics of environmental education include corporate pollutors who
are threatened by environmental regulations and standards. Policy
institutes and private foundations argue that environmental education
is biased, with the intention of scaring children and turning them
into radicial activists. Check the Sierra Club national site for
articles
and Environmental
Education Committee news to learn more.
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Chapter Campaigns
- Oklahoma Chapter: The Oklahoma Chapter's conservation
campaigns focus primarily on water issues, including pollution
from confined animal feeding operations and threats posed by unwise
water withdrawals , pipelines and sales. The Chapter is advocating
for development of more stringent restrictions on poultry operations,
for clean up of polluted streams, for nutrient water quality standards,
and for a comprehensive, long term statewide water plan. Learn
more at the Oklahoma Chapter website.
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