Letters: Practise what you preach

How does it help if we travel in cars and use disposable plastic water bottles even as we lecture others about the environment?

In the article, “Why the environment matters”, Sunita Narain is right in saying that “the way to learn the environment is to learn to ask questions”. Current academic dealing of the environment as a subject and its courses have become perfunctory, uninspiring and rote-based, with little being done to ensure that students imbibe the right spirit and practical awareness.
 
Those who frame the syllabus as well as teachers and the government should set an example to students before pontificating to them about the environment. How does it help if we travel in cars and use disposable plastic water bottles