Schools are the first institutions outside the home that children become part of. And they spend a lot of time in the halls of their schools, that anything they learn here has a great impact on the kind of person they become when they grow up. It’s this exposure in the formative years of students that make schools important in teaching them to embrace sustainable changes.
Learning to Solve Problems
Adaptability is one of the life skills children need to learn at a young age. Before they develop certain habits they’ll stick with during their adulthood, they first learn to try different approaches to problems and figure out what works best. Similarly, environmentally friendly schools can foster a place that encourages children to find solutions to serious problems, such as global warming.
Finding Alternative Solutions
One of the challenges of adulthood is the presence of constraints. Sometimes, you want to try to solve a problem, but you are limited by certain rules that have been set way before your time. Children, of course, observe school rules and societal rules as well, but their inquisitive minds could raise questions and possibilities that educators could try with no consequences. In an environment conducive to learning, new solutions are discovered through curiosity.
Saying Yes to New Experiences
The school you nurture is a school that defines the future priorities of school children as they grow up. Nurture an environment where they can learn and care for nature at the same time.
The experiential nature of schools also makes the environment effective in implementing societal changes. When students see their peers caring for nature, they feel the urge to do the same. When others segregate their trash, compost, and practice other sustainability initiatives, the majority of the school will follow this as the status quo.