Students, teachers and activists rally for investment in green schools and climate resiliency – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

The Green New Deal for Chicago Public Schools campaign is supported by the Chicago Teachers Union and organized by Sunrise Movement Chicago, a local chapter of a national organization seeking to combat climate change. The campaign’s main demands include safe and clean buildings; pathways to green jobs; climate disaster response plans; a climate justice curriculum; free, healthy and sustainable meals; community gardens and composting; free public transit and an electric fleet of school vehicles.
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ProzacPlease
2 years ago

Because everybody knows you can’t possibly teach children to read until the climate is brought under control, preferably of the CTU. These are the people who are paid to teach your children. Surprising they have enough time for this amid the gender queer and intifada lessons.

Hello, Indiana!
2 years ago

Take their indignation and outrage to China, which has a bigger carbon footprint that the next three countries in the world and a larger one than about 20 smaller countries in total. Please go lip off to the CCCP on their home court and let us know how it went if, er when, you come back.

Bross
2 years ago

Are they seeking blue skies everyday and 70 degree weather too? How about free transportation and free housing once graduated? Retirement age moved up to 35? Pensions for teachers and for students? Can we rid ourselves of guns too since everyone will be living in nirvana? All brought to you by those evil rich people being taxed…fairly of course…

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