http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/03/18/personal-responsibility-is-a-wrongheaded-focus/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Sun, 06 May 2012 08:12:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/03/18/personal-responsibility-is-a-wrongheaded-focus/#comment-72184 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:29:21 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=9506#comment-72184 Tomasso, I’d have to disagree. You ask, “In what conceivable way could a student “take personal responsibility” for protecting the habitats of endangered species, regulating factory emissions, or disposing of toxic waste?” I think it’s important to remember that before any of us were lobbying our elected officials or debating clean coal technology, we got excited about recycling. Recycling was my kick as an elementary student and it got me started on a long journey of environmental work. Asking young kids what they are willing to do on a small scale in their own communities is a great way to get the ball rolling for bigger and better things down the road. If young kids can’t make the connection between leaving the lights on and pollution, they’ll never make the connection between carbon trading and indigenous rights.

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