Re: P2 lesson

["Ralph E. Cooper, Ph.D." <rec3@po.cwru.edu>]

At 12:25 PM 9/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I have just started working on a lesson for middle school kids and need some
>information. I am looking for some data that quantifies the environmental
>impact of a typical American lifestyle in terms kids can understand. For
>example, "It takes an average of four acres of farmland to feed an average
>American family of four for a year" or "For every mile travelled by an
>American car, $40 tax dollars are spent maintaining roads and bridges." (Note
>that these "facts" are EXAMPLES of the type of information I want and are not
>true statistics!)
>
>Has anyone seen a compendium of info like this?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Mark Boylan
>WASTREN, Inc.
>22 Executive Park Court
>Germantown MD  20875
>301/540-5403
>wastemin@aol.com
>
I think that kids may respond well to information that more directly relates
to choices they can make now.  An example is the choice to listen to the
radio or CD using disposable batteries, versus plugging in or using
rechargeables.  In order of environmental impact disposables > rechargeables
> plugging in.  Yet I would bet that you would find many boom boxes in kids
rooms running on batteries, even when they are at school, sitting next to an
outlet!>

Ralph

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