Research Suggests British Kids Very Concerned About Environment

Children: turns out, despite their rather inability to discern between decent music and mindless pap, they may actually have opinions that are worth listening to. Well, the alternative is that we should re-examine how much we’re working our children up other world events. According to a report commissioned by the Co-operative in the UK, children aged 7 to 14 value environmentally minded lessons. It’s all bad news for Science and History teachers though, because these kids would much rather be studying the environment. 82% of children believe that green issues are an important area of their education. In fact, only Maths and English surveyed as more important in their opinion. Habits were also studied, with 93% of the respondents saying they recycled. Incredibly, 85% of the children turn off the tap when they brush their teeth. But then, only 4% of the children say they aren’t concerned about the environment at all.

Not exactly swimmingly fantastic news for the Air conditioning service of our future world then. The global warming agenda has been very capably pushed into the public sphere. Perhaps those who have their doubts about climate change and the environmentalist agenda would be more than a little spooked by the degree to which Children are enthused about environmental issues. In fact, parents now consider themselves ignorant of the climate change debate and are unable to answer children’s questions. Six out of ten parents believe that their child convinces them to act greener. Two fifth of parents were never actually taught anything about the environement. Among these adults, 34% believe that acid rain is a cause of global warming. They’re unlikely to avoid having an annual HVAC systems, then.

This all goes to show that Children can do an awful lot to ensure that the world they inherit is in reasonably good shape. It’s a positive sign of things to come, and to an extent, it makes us older generations seem like hangers on. We’ll soon find ourselves laden with A++++ appliances and solar panels on the roofs of our houses, if we let the kids guilt us into it. Or will they? As much as I feel we could all learn from their example, you have to question whether their priorities will be quite so well defined in adulthood. When they’re working behind a desk, they’ll be just as grateful about their Air Options as us naughty adults are today.