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Environment
Poppy Johnston

Climate education is patchy and teachers need help

Climate change educators are pushing to empower kids to take action on a manageable, local scale. (Jenny Evans/AAP PHOTOS)

Telling students to bin their rubbish does little to change behaviour when delivered in a classroom, in the experience of retired teacher Geoffrey Holt.

Taking young people outside for a litter clean-up and auditing their haul is far more effective, he tells AAP.

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