Raising environmental consciousness early on in life
Low-lying Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries when it comes to the impacts of climate change. In the coastal areas, people undertake adaptive strategies frequently to tackle the risks and threats they face. A lot of people in the rural areas are not even aware about the climate risks. This ignorance is dangerous and should not be allowed to persist given the major climatic threats looming over us.
Schools across the country should design courses pertaining to environmental awareness so that the future generation acts responsibly towards the environment. In order to improve our situation, people have to get into the habit of practising environment-conscious behaviour, which should be developed since childhood.
School-goers should be taught about the repercussions of global warming, risk management, adaptation and ways of mitigating the effects of climate change. Students need to be taught to be more proactive about cleaning their surroundings, avoiding single-use plastic materials, reducing electricity and water wastage, and planting more trees.
Here, concerted efforts of parents, teachers, educational policymakers, and the government are needed. And the most important step would be to include environmental science and awareness subjects in the academic curricula in primary schools.
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