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Parents, Schools Urged to Create 'Eco-Conscious' Kids
CNSNews.com ^ | September 03, 2002 | Susan Jones

Posted on 09/05/2002 3:37:10 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

As a new school year begins, one environmental activist group is urging parents and schools to make concern for the environment part of the younger generation's mindset and "lifestyle."

Turn the kids into recyclers and waste-cutters, says the World Wildlife Fund, which offers several "tips on making your children environmentally conscious in the new school year."

For starters, kids should use "post-consumer, recycled" notebook paper and cedar pencils - and they should know why they're doing it.

"Wooden pencils certified with the Forest Stewardship Council's (FSC) 'CedarMark' of approval ensures that pencils come from the cedar forests that are grown, managed, and harvested on a sustained-yield basis according to forestry regulations," said the WWF in a press release.

The WWF says parents should have their children use solar-powered calculators and rechargeable batteries; no "brown-bag" lunches - reusable lunch sacks are encouraged, but only if the lunch bag is durable enough to allow for constant wear. The group discourages the tossing out of (cheaply made) reusable items.

In the same vein, the WWF wants parents to avoid buying pre-packaged lunch items and purchase bulk food instead. The food can then be re-packed into reusable containers. Sandwiches should be wrapped in wax paper, not plastic wrap, because "the manufacturing process used to produce plastic wrap is harsher on the environment," the WWF says.

Forget about paper book covers. Kids should use nylon, washable book covers from one year to another, according to the WWF's tip sheet.

But more important than the recycling itself is the "eco-conscious" message such behavior sends to kids, the WWF contends: "The true benefit comes from engaging in dialogue with your children about the importance of taking these eco-conscious steps."

"Talk to them about Earth's limited capacity for waste. Contact your children's school and encourage an environmental education and recycling program complete with assemblies, class discussions, and environmental awareness poster contests," the press release says.

For some conservatives, the "recycling" message isn't the problem. They are more concerned about schools unwittingly pushing the environmentalists' political agenda -- unopposed by those who disagree.


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1 posted on 09/05/2002 3:37:11 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe
bump
2 posted on 09/05/2002 3:38:28 PM PDT by LiteKeeper
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To: Tailgunner Joe
And above all else, whatever you do, don't breath! Breathing releases the dangerous CO2 gas which will certainly destroy the earth in the coming years...
3 posted on 09/05/2002 3:41:07 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: Tailgunner Joe
"Wooden pencils certified with the Forest Stewardship Council's (FSC) 'CedarMark' of approval ensures that pencils come from the cedar forests that are grown, managed, and harvested on a sustained-yield basis according to forestry regulations," said the WWF in a press release.

We could't afford those. They cost about a buck fifty a piece.

4 posted on 09/05/2002 3:42:11 PM PDT by fineright
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To: Tailgunner Joe; Grampa Dave; madfly; farmfriend; AAABEST
Nylon washable bookcovers instead of paper ones? Paper is a renewable resource, nylon comes from evil petroleum that isn't a renewable resource. Moreover its manufacturing process isn't exactly 'clean' either. These people are nuts...
5 posted on 09/05/2002 3:42:36 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes
Hemp book covers would be a viable alternative if not for Ashcrofts shiney boots.
6 posted on 09/05/2002 4:04:00 PM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: Phantom Lord
Most anything that's from a renewable resource would be preferabel to anybody but the eco wackos who can't abide anyone cutting even *one* tree for any reason whatsoever.
7 posted on 09/05/2002 4:05:19 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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Hee! Sitting in front of me now is a 5-pack containing 4 HB pencils (the other was sacrificed in destructive testing to determine exactly what it was made of) boldly stating

NEW Technology!

SAVE OUR FORESTS

WOOD FREE Quality Pencils

Contains recycled materials




and in small print on the back

This product contains 18% recycled materials - save our trees and save our future!

8 posted on 09/05/2002 4:12:35 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy
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To: Oztrich Boy
Typical. They 'meant well' I suppose...
9 posted on 09/05/2002 4:13:48 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Oztrich Boy
Oh yes. Also more than twice the price of HB Staedlers made from killed trees.
10 posted on 09/05/2002 4:15:32 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy
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To: Black Agnes
"They 'meant well'."

I doubt it.
11 posted on 09/05/2002 4:18:15 PM PDT by headsonpikes
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Wooden pencils certified with the Forest Stewardship Council's (FSC) 'CedarMark' ...

Kickbacks, anyone?

12 posted on 09/05/2002 4:19:40 PM PDT by Virginia-American
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To: headsonpikes
"They 'meant well'."
I doubt it.

Me too.

a.cricket

13 posted on 09/05/2002 4:20:16 PM PDT by another cricket
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To: Black Agnes
These people are nuts...

Along with being insane, they're creepy hateful maggots.

I worked with a hardcore green chick a while back. She honestly was a one of the most screwed up and disturbing people I ever met, I could't believe some of the things I heard her say and do.

14 posted on 09/05/2002 4:35:58 PM PDT by AAABEST
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I can believe it. I know a guy who supports the Greens who said that a smallpox epidemic wouldn't be all *that* bad after all because at least it would help the 'environment'. I was aghast!. Hitler only wanted to kill a certain group of people, these people want *all* people dead. (or most of them). Hitler was a monster, what are they?
15 posted on 09/05/2002 4:40:48 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: another cricket
Pessimist

B. Agnes

16 posted on 09/05/2002 4:41:16 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes
"I can believe it. I know a guy who supports the Greens who said that a smallpox epidemic wouldn't be all *that* bad after all because at least it would help the 'environment'. I was aghast!. Hitler only wanted to kill a certain group of people, these people want *all* people dead. (or most of them). Hitler was a monster, what are they?"

They are religious fanatics bent on converting you or killing you -- the choice is yours. Environmentalism, being "Green" in most cases is a religious not a political statement.

17 posted on 09/05/2002 6:33:24 PM PDT by shrinkermd
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To: shrinkermd; 2sheep; babylonian; Fred Mertz
They are religious fanatics bent on converting you or killing you -- the choice is yours. Environmentalism, being "Green" in most cases is a religious not a political statement.

Just like Islam. Submit or die.

They are attempting to teach schoolkids to go whoring after other gods, away from the 'prying' eyes of parents. They have more respect for number 2 plastic than human life

18 posted on 09/05/2002 6:49:24 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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To: Black Agnes
Those who wish death and destruction upon the world always see themselves as survivors. What if they are destroyed by the virus and destruction they release. As the old saying goes "hoist on his own petard". For those of you without a historical background it means "blown up by your own bomb".
19 posted on 09/05/2002 9:21:58 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Black Agnes
A whole gang of monsters!
20 posted on 09/06/2002 12:20:19 AM PDT by dsutah
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