How can you ensure that people do not only spend time
thinking about important global issues like climate change or world food
supplies, but also roll up their sleeves and do something about them? Four
researchers, including Professor Arjen Wals from Wageningen University, think
that the education sector holds the key. Teaching processes around the world
could be given more influence and meaning by making pure science subjects, such
as biology and physics, complementary to lessons in nature, environment and
sustainability. Their article on this new approach to teaching, which is based
on citizen science, is published in the 9 May edition of Science.