COP17 The Ecomentalists Like To Get Them Young

Today’s Guest Post is from @AmbushPredator

Youngsters in Welling are making their school a greener place by launching an ‘eco-committee.’

Wha..?

The committee recently supported EDF energy’s ‘switch-off fortnight,’ where every member was responsible for saving energy around the school.

Oh, great!

Pupils switched off lights in classrooms, closed doors and turned off un-used computers.

Now, maybe it’s me, but…shouldn’t they be doing this anyway?

I can remember being expected to do the first two when I was at school, but it wasn’t labelled ‘a green initiative’ then, it wasn’t in response to spurious ‘climate change’ hysteria and we didn’t need a committee for it, either…

School business manager Julie Rattenbury…

School what..?

…said: “Members had to write a letter saying why they wanted to be in the committee as we wanted pupils that really wanted to learn and be part of the eco programme to help us make a difference in our school.

“We hope the outcome is that our pupils practise saving energy in their own homes.”

Great! So the little darlings can go home and lecture Mummy & Daddy too! That’ll go down a storm, I’m sure…

Committee members are also giving out stickers to pupils they see saving energy, for example switching off the lights without being reminded.

Training the Stasi of the future….

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