The Brochure for Schools

Today’s consumer climate is depleting the world of its natural resources faster than it can sustain itself, so the government (of the people) must make continual efforts to educate our children  and future generations on ecology and the importance of sustainability.  Each day loggers cut down an area of the rainforest the size of the state of Kansas, add seven billion tons of carbon to the atmosphere, and lose twenty-four billion tons of top soil.  The crisis of sustainability is socially driven, and it can be socially slowed.  In order to change social thinking about the world we must begin in the order of; dialogue, education, and more dialogue, before people can become socially engaged. 

Schools, scientists, and governments, have already been discussing these issues. Schools are teaching our children the impact we have on the world and our communities.  Now the government has the opportunity to educate children first hand on the importance and facts of our environment.  Through school fieldtrips to the Pepper Ranch Preserve children will; learn the interrelations between themselves and the environment, gain respect and care for the environment, and enjoy the environment as well. A brochure directed towards children provides an excellent way of communicating the wealth of opportunities Pepper Ranch Preserve offers to children.  It will provide information on the habitat and various plant species, the history of the land, the hiking trail, and a future mountain bike trail. It would also explain the importance of preserving the land and why that’s important.  The brochure will influence school staff to arrange fieldtrips for the children, and it will encourage the children to engage their family to bring them to visit the preserve.