Children prefer games to saving the environment

According to a recent survey, children of today would rather stay in doors playing computer games than be out saving the planet.

The survey, conducted by Airbus, spoke to 10,000 children and young people aged 5-18 from ten countries worldwide. The results were far from ideal as far as the surveyors were concerned.

“The Airbus Bio-Index shows there is work to be done. In many countries, the next generation has a reputation for being glued to the virtual world and the survey highlights the implications this has for the future of the real world.

"When asked to rank what was most important to them, ten times more children ranked watching TV or playing computer games first compared to those who chose saving the environment (40 percent and 4 percent respectively).

"While species extinction rates are estimated to be up to 1,000 times the natural rate, only 9 percent ranked looking after animals as most important; 15 percent did not know what 'endangered species' implied.”

On the bright side, 30 percent of children did say they enjoy going outdoors, although whether this was to walk to the local game shop or not isn’t mentioned.

Thanks Spong.

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