Saving the whales, one classroom at a time!
Posted by Page (in Amsterdam)
Yes, it's a well-worn cliché: "the children are our future". But it's true, and Greenpeace has always been very active in educating kids about how they can be stewards of the Earth too. For instance, here in Amsterdam, we've used our ship the Sirius as a very cool classroom (ja, the link's in Dutch, but trust me, that's what it says).Anyway, check it out. Greenpeace is heading for a couple of elementary schools in Anchorage, Alaska to tell kids how they can help the whales.
Should be interesting:
Anchorage school students may soon be getting a lesson from the environmental group Greenpeace.Greenpeace made a request to visit Anchorage schools in advance of the International Whaling Commission meeting later this month.
The school district superintendent Carol Comeau emphasizes that it's important for kids to know all sides of an issue that has significant local implications. She's quoted in the news article:
"There are going to be a lot of people around town and so I would want our kids to know this is happening; what are the core issues, what are the reasons our Native population and Greenpeace feel so strongly in one perspective and then why do the other people feel that whaling has a another point of view? So that's what we're always looking for," Comeau said.
Greenpeace activist Melanie Duchin will be talking to the students at two elementary schools, Chugach Optional and Gladys Wood, which are the only schools who have requested a visit from Greenpeace.
There's so much that kids can do, as you can see from all the kids on this Whale Defenders campaign, for example.
The IWC meeting is coming up soon, so let's hope more Anchorage schools want to hear about how kids can save the whales!
