Planet School: Building a Greener World

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Originally published in TEACH Magazine, May/June 2020 Issue

By Meagan Gillmore

It’s not easy for teachers when students strike and urge governments to act on climate change. Depending on school policy, it can be hard for educators to know how to respond.

Encouraging students to be civically informed is a good thing, but is it right to advocate they skip class? Some teachers’ unions have publicly supported the strikes; some school boards have formally declared climate emergencies. Others may seem slow to join the discussion.

The movement may have shocked some observers, but many who have spent their careers in environmental education say the seeds were planted decades ago—and it’s about time.

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Meagan Gillmore is a freelance writer in Toronto, ON.

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Meagan Gillmore is a freelance writer in Toronto, ON.

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