February 20, 2020
The Well News interviewed Smithsonian Science Education Center Director Dr. Carol O'Donnell and other speakers following an Axios event in Washington, DC. The focus of the event was on the "Future of Science Education" and the clear theme from the various speakers was that the future is "experiential, digital, and sustainable." Environmental activist Greta Thunberg was a recurring topic of conversation. Educators and other industry stakeholders were in the audience, joined by a faction of Fridays for Future volunteers--members of a youth movement that began in August 2018 after then-15-year-old Greta Thunberg protested the lack of climate action in front of the Swedish parliament. “What can we learn from Greta?” asked O’Donnell. “The voice of youth really matters.”
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