Right wingers like to depict the progressive cause of environmentalism as only concerned with the welfare of animals like the spotted owl, but in doing so, they forget that human beings are animals too, and suffer like other animals suffer when the environment is unhealthy. Environmentalists like non-human animals, sure, but they also care about the welfare of human children.
The connection is made clear this month, August 2007, as children are directly suffering the consequences of a crippling heat wave across the American South and Midwest that has been going on almost all summer, and is now interfering with the education of school children.
Across the South, schools are being opened for only half the time they normally would be, because the afternoon heat makes it unsafe for children to be inside school buildings that cannot be kept adequately cool. Half a school day means less educational time for children.
As climate warming continues, the ability of students to effectively establish themselves in society will continue to suffer from the impact of reduced educational time at school, unless adjustments are made. Such adjustments are being discussed. In a very human piece of evidence for climate change, school districts in the American South are planning to adjust their calendars for the school year, placing more school days in cooler months, and less school days in warmer months.
(Source: Washington Post, August 22, 2007)
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