As the most vulnerable members of our societies, environmental destruction impacts children first and foremost. Children are also those who are most likely to endure the impacts of a polluted environment over the longest period. Climate change is already killing
one thousand children every day. The importance of educating children about the environment was addressed at the
Rio+ conference. There are some basic sustainability issues that must be addressed. Things like clean water and clean air are basic concerns that are fundamentally important to many children all around the world.
In the world today there are
2.6 billion people are without access to basic sanitation; 67 million children of primary school age are out of school. A lack water and sanitation services which is a
leading cause of mortality for both children and their mothers. Indoor air pollution from particulate matter is responsible for
900,000 deaths in children under the age of five.
