Chapter 25: What Then Shall We Do?
25.2 Environmental Education
• Environmental literacy means understanding
our environment
• Citizen science encourages everyone to
participate
• Environmental careers range from engineering
to education
• Green business and technology are growing
fast
25.3 What Can Individuals Do?
• How much is enough?
– Where will Displaced Producers Work?
– What About Your Retirement Fund?
• We can choose to reduce our environmental
impacts
• “Green washing” can mislead consumers
• What Can You Do? Reducing Your Impact
• Certification identifies low-impact products
• Green consumerism has limits
25.4 How Can We Work Together?
• National organizations are influential but
sometimes complacent
• Radical groups capture attention and broaden
the agenda
– But they Alienate Many
• International nongovernmental organizations
mobilize many people
25.5 Campus Greening
• Environmental leadership can be learned
• Schools can be environmental leaders
• Your campus can reduce energy consumption