Kids Get Eco-Friendly Too

by Darren

This should come as no surprise: kids are willing to be eco-friendly too. Kids these days are exposed to more environmentally friendly messages than past generations were, and it seems to be sinking in.

“This generation of kids seems to be hard-wired for environmental awareness,” said Leah Schmalz, the group’s legislative and legal affairs director.

Nearly 1.2 million people up to 21 have registered with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the activism group known for its provocative ways of advocating vegetarian lifestyles. Among those are 30,000 kids aged 6 to 12. The organization has also recruited another 200,000 youths this summer while tagging along with the music and sports festival Warped Tour, said Lara Sanders, the group’s head of youth marketing.

“Kids have been making the connection between the environment and a vegetarian diet and knowing that going vegetarian is the best thing that you can do for the environment,” she said.

Basically these children are learning by example. If parents tend to hold values that are eco-friendly, they will likely be passed down to their children. If the kids are very young when they see these messages being re-inforced, they’re very likely to continue being “green” later in life.

It’s great to think our youngest generation could also be our “greenest.”