Air pollution is biggest climate concern for school children [Video]

On last month’s Earth Day, secondary school students in Milton Keynes shared their biggest worries about climate change and the environment, and ideas about how technology can offer solutions to the issues.  

The school partnered with The Access Group, a leading provider of business management software with customers at more than 9,000 learning institutions, schools and academies in the UK, to encourage secondary students to discuss climate change and global warming, how it affects them and the impact it will have on future generations.  

Students from Glebe Farm School said that their main concerns are air pollution caused by cars and fossil fuels and the rise of conditions such as asthma, as well as polluted oceans with microplastics and dwindling natural resources.  

In the run-up to Earth Day students also shared concerns about the impact of extreme weather including hotter summers on the planet and on wildlife. Students advocated a wider use of renewable energies, and less reliance …