--- In science-education@y..., "shiyammy" <shiyammy@y...> wrote:
> Folks
> Environmental education/concerns are given too little attention in
> schools. Is it Bacherlardian(?) ignorance?
>
> Human activities are too novel, too much and too fast for the rest
of
> the planet to respond to adequately. If science is making sense of
> the world around us and education is preparation for life in a
> changing society what are science educators supposed to be doing?
>
> Feeling guilty about having brought two children into this planet
> Puni Selvaratnam

Folks

One of the most dangerous (and scantily tackled) problems facing us
is population explosion. Over the last 30/40 years millions of
parents all over the world have been restricting(compulsorily or
voluntarily) themselves to one or two children (though many would
have loved to have more) as a contribution towards controlling the
population of the species. I am horrified to hear that at this
juncture of human history some mothers are trying to have fourth and
fifth children in their late forties!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Compulsory Science education(that would explain why it's risky to
conceive children in our late forties) and compulsory Citizenship
education(that would explain how everyone of us, rich or poor, is
responsible for the welfare of the whole race) have come too late for
them.

I'm just trying to work out how this compares with the illogic
of 'sharing' CO2 quota between countries.

Tiding is rising and time is running out.
Puni Selvaratnam