"There is now a socio-ecological crisis of serious proportions, there is also a crisis in environmental education over what must be done about it." Through this quote, Kahn is saying that, overall, people are not aware of the issues that persist in the environment. He is also stating that there is an unawareness towards human involvement within said issues. These issues exist because of the way the school system is set up. From kindergarten, children are taught to work hard and strive to be the best. They are given endless amounts of resources and told to focus on learning as much as possible in order to make them competitive in the "real world." This cut-throat attitude towards education and success has put essentially everything else on the back burner. In order for any environmentally-based realities to occur, the education system is going to have to change. School would need to be more centered on learning about the environment and individual bioregions, and ways to preserve what resources are remaining. Students would need to be rewarded for collaborating and accomplishing eco-friendly ideas rather than individually-set goals. Essentially, school would have to become entirely world-focused and the edge of competition would need to be limited.
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