Take as many science courses as you can: biology, physics, chemistry, earth science, environmental science. AP courses in High School will allow you to get credit for college courses if you get good grades and pass the AP exam with a 4 or better. |
Read!
Read! Read! Periodicals: Newspapers, popular science (Natural History, Scientific American, Popular Mechanics, National Geographic), Mother Earth News. Classic Environmental Literature: A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, Tropical Nature by Adrain Forsyth and Ken Mitjata, Walden Pond by H. D. Thoreau, Gaia: A new look at life on Earth by James Lovelock. Newer Environmental Literature: An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore, almost anything by E. O. Wilson (On Human Nature, The Diversity of Life, The Future of LIfe). |
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Take as many
math
courses as you can:
algebra, geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus. |
Volunteer: litter pick-ups, beach clean-ups, conservation district. |
| Hone your language and writing skills:
take 4 years of English, write for your school newspaper on environmental issues, take a foreign language (Spanish is often the most practical). |
Find out what it means to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, and do it. |
| Learn your local flora and fauna. There are many excellent field guides available at your local library and for sale at book shops and online. |
Become involved in local issues: watershed groups, Nature Conservancy, township meetings, garden clubs, urban planning |