Quote From "Towards Ecopedagogy"

          While reading "Towards Ecopedagogy", a piece written by Richard Kahn, I found a very a pair of quotes/facts very interesting and insightful. In his essay Kahn says that "95% of all American adults support having environmental education programs in schools" and "45 million Americans think the ocean is a fresh source of water".
          These two quotes can seem not linked in any way at all; however, if you dig deeper they show the main reason our education system is messed up in the first place. The first quote says that almost all American adults support teaching future generations about the environment and how to save it from the current downfall it is headed for. But if you read the second quote right after you read the first, this can be confusing or misleading. This quotes says that 45 million Americans think that the ocean is made up of fresh water. This is preposterous! Anyone who has even been in an ocean knows that the water tastes salty, and therefore cannot be fresh! The whole question is: What are we teaching our children about the environment? Everyone can agree that we have a problem with the environment that needs fixing, but not informing people correctly about that problem is dangerous. If we are going to support "environmental education", we need to make sure that the information is accurate and sustainable. We can not afford to the future generations thinking that the ocean is fresh water if we want their help to sustain and maintain our planet.