Middle School Teacher Fired for Leading Students in Climate Activism

Lindsay Floyd was a middle school teacher who hosted the renowned environmental activist Tim DeCristopher , who gave a speech at her school. His talk — which he closed out by citing a study that revealed how little people are willing to invest in preventing climate change — fired up her students. They decided to do a little protest at the University of Utah, nothing offensive of controversial — the idea was to simply hold a sticker that read “how much are you willing to pay for my future?” Unfortunately, Floyd didn’t have permissio… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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