Last month I had the opportunity to visit Woodside High School on Woodside, California to discuss Green careers with 10th graders. My trip was a part of an engineering outreach program sponsored by the Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) where an engineer took an hour to speak with students.
My presentation walked through what types of energy could be classified as renewable, the definition of a green job, as well as the factors which will result in four million green jobs by 2038 and why they wanted to be on the side of folks with the skills required to be hired in these jobs.
In short, I recommended the students, “Live it, learn it, and hit the books”.
While I was at Woodside I got a chance to visit a garden the tenth graders planted and landscaped and even included a chicken coop. The plan involved growing vegetables organically and learning the principles of composting. The on-hands approach seems to be an excellent way to learn a bit more about the environment the green movement is intended to protect.
A while later another student stepped into the classroom, he was not in either of the classes I spoke with, who wanted to share his idea to create a method to generate energy using the water that came from the water company. What would be achievable if everyone aggressively pursued ways to make the world a better place?
In my view, it is wonderful the renewable energy awareness is beginning to creep into our schooling. Ultimately the adoption of green will be dependent on everyone being educated about alternative energy and are aware of the value of protecting the environment.
I felt, upon leaving, if this is the future of our education system and these students in the long run become the concerned green consumers of tomorrow everything this just might turn out alright.
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