What will kids do to change the environment for the better? How do kids grade the job are grown-ups doing right now? Thousands of kids have added their votes to the Environmental Report Card. Find out the results — in these articles and examine more results here.
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Preserving Biodiversity, Protecting Ourselves
"Nature provides us with lots of different benefits, like foods and medicines," kids say in the Environmental Report Card poll about biodiversity.
What's the Worth of Water? Kids Decide
In a recent Environmental Report Card poll, kids were unsure if environmental issues about water were "extremely important" or whether "other issues are more important" to them.
Global Warming: Doing Something Is Better Than Nothing
What are kids willing to do to help stop global warming? Some things, but not everything according to recent poll results.
As Earth Stewards, Have Grownups Been Doing Enough?
Grown-up efforts to protect the planet vary, according to most kids. "Sometimes it's good; sometimes it's bad," stated the majority of voters on the Kids'Environmental Report Card poll.
Living With Fault Lines: Kids Share Their Views
Should new houses be built on earthquake fault lines? "Only if houses can be built to survive earthquakes," say most kids in an Environmental Report Card poll.
Our Planet's Future: Better or Worse?
In the future, will environmental problems be better or worse? Votes are split in this Kids'Environmental Report Card poll.
Insects Are Super Important, Kids Say
A recent poll reveals that insects help our planet in so many ways, it's hard for most to pick out one or two.
Kids Decide: How Important is Climate Change?
Kids think global climate change is "extremely important," and among their "top issues," according to a Kids'Environmental Report Card poll.
Kids Follow Froggy Advice and Go Green
Easy or not, kids are clamoring for their cities and towns to "go green," according to Scholastic's poll results.
Air Pollution and Climate Change: Closely Linked
When it comes to the air that they breathe, most kids feel it is "Extremely Important" to reduce air pollution, according to a recent Environmental Report Card poll.
Whose Responsibility is the Environment?
Whose responsibility is the environment? "Yours, mine, and everyone's," according to most kids in Scholastic's Environmental Report Card poll.
Kids Speak Up for Imperiled Polar Bears
Kids are "extremely concerned" about polar bears, according to a recent Environmental Report Card poll. Climate change is putting the world's largest land-dwelling carnivore in danger of extinction.
Kids Clamor for More Eco-Friendly Goods
Most kids want "more recycled and recyclable daily goods" and several businesses stand ready to give such items to them.
Who Are the Heroes? Look in the Mirror and See
Who are the heroes? "Everyone who makes a difference in small ways," say Scholastic kids.
Keeping Up with Coastal Erosion
Kids suggest planting trees and erecting walls in order to save our eroding shorelines, according to the Kids'Environmental Report Card. Will that be enough?
Every Day is Earth Day, Say Scholastic Kids
Unlike Valentine's Day or New Year's Eve, kids are celebrating Earth Day "every day," according to the Kids'Environmental Report Card poll.
Ecotourism: World Travel Goes Green
Kids who voted on the Environmental Report Card agree: ecotourism is a smart way to combine travel and environmentalism.
- Subjects:Life Cycles, Habitats and Ecosystems, Natural Resources, Global Warming and Climate Change, Pollution, Recycling
