EC Paediatrics

Introduction

The basic aim of introducing this subject into schools is to ‘catch’ young children early and hopefully change their thinking and behaviour whilst they grow up and continue to influence others. In doing this one has to involve passionate young children and make them ambassadors to propagate the message of plastic pollution and climate change. Climate education cuts through a lot of subjects such as science, civic duties, religion, geography, literacy etc and affects most of our daily activities such as: greenhouse gas production from travelling, the food we eat (15% greenhouse gases produced from global food production, and the food waste that occurs is mostly in homes - this is 70% of all global food waste) and the clothes we wear (fabric industry produces 15% of greenhouse gases and uses up trillions of gallons of fresh water annually).