Surveys of High School Aged Students
*89% of incoming college freshmen rank the
environment
as their top concern
*90% of high
school students in the U. S.
are not
comfortable with their level of knowledge about the environment
*17% of these
high school students had been
offered
classes about the environment
*84% of these
same high school students feel they would act to improve the
environment if
they were better informed (U. S. EPA, 1993)
Other Surveys
*95% of the public supports environmental education in our schools
*85% feel
environmental education programs should be supported by
government agencies
* 80% believe it
is the responsibility of private companies to train their
employees to aid in
solving environmental problems
(Coyle,
2005)