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We don't need no thought control
Schools should be talking about climate change solutions |
Nathan Wyeth |
25 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| At some point in the 1980s or 1990s, environmental issues became hopelessly and depressingly politicized. By 'politicized,' I mean it stopped being acceptable to talk about environmental issues in, for instance, a high-school setting, in the same way that evolution was made into a controversial subject to talk about in many school settings. I'm not sure when I would pinpoint that this politicization really sunk in, but I'd be interested in what those who were around at ... |
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| Topics: campus activism, climate, climate change mitigation, education, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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