On a scale of I to 5, where I indicated always and 5 indicated never, the average score given by students was a 1.89 regarding this environmental question. Actually, the number should be closer to 1.0. Students need to be taught that conserving is not only good for the environment but that it is also good for the pocketbook. Tiff remembers her parents' constant reminder that they were not running an electrical company. The incentive of saving money should at least give parents and children a little push to start conserving.
Conservation needs to be taught early in the home and reinforced later through schools.
Three of the five women interviewed agreed that schools should strive to emphasize the necessity of conservation. According to Sarah, her high school in New York encouraged kids to recycle by offering classes and clubs. Hopefully, these skills will stick with a person his entire life so that he can pass these skills down to his children. Not only do a vast number of schools encourage recycling, but some individual states also promote it through little gimmicks. Michigan also promotes recycling by offering a ten-cent return on all carbonated beverages.