Posted by psmacintosh, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Oct 13, 2011 at 9:14 am

"Egan's class encourages high school juniors and seniors to learn more about the environment and the careers involved in its management and preservation. The program is activity-based and issues-driven, stressing hands-on learning, data gathering and field-based research, and presentation skills. "

Yeah, so WHAT EXACTLY did this class do? What activities? What research? What did they learn?

This article is VAGUE to the extreme!

I wonder how much "radical" environmentalism and unproven theories were pushed at these naive, open students, as opposed to sound science and reasonable conservationism?

Whatever Egan did it was enough to earn the accolades of these politicized organizations, more so than other entrants. So WHAT did she do and present that was so deserving?

Posted by Citizen Paine, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Oct 13, 2011 at 9:31 am

When "sustainability" becomes a pejorative term in someone's mind, the problem is not the concept -- it's the someone.

Posted by Morgan, a resident of the San Ramon neighborhood, on Oct 13, 2011 at 10:10 am

Right on Psmacintosh!! Did she show Gore's "award winning" lie "inconvenient truth?"

A film by the way that had been banned in many schools or requires parent permission.

One platform on Hitler's Nazi party was to control environmental issues/thought.

Lenin knew he who controls medical care controls the populace.

Posted by Cardinal, a resident of the Diablo neighborhood, on Oct 13, 2011 at 11:35 am

Wow, Morgan -- you've Godwinned this thread in THREE (count'em) comments!

Too bad, too -- no good deed goes unpummeled on this site. CONGRATS to Ms. Egan. May your students be wiser than their ancestors.

Posted by Diane, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Oct 13, 2011 at 10:20 pm

It's a shame my kids have graduated - I would love them to have Ms. Egan as a teacher! Luckily, even without her influence they still treat the environment as the limited resource it is.

How fortunate we are to have such environmentally responsible faculty at our schools.

Posted by SRVHS parent, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood, on Oct 14, 2011 at 11:44 am

My daughter was fortunate enough to take Cindy Egan's AP Environmental class, and she was one of many excellent, inspirational science teachers at San Ramon. So inspirational, in fact, that she (my daughter) is now in her 3rd year of environmental studies at the university level, and still loving it! Thank you, Mrs. Egan!

Posted by Molly, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood, on Oct 14, 2011 at 5:44 pm

Ms. Egan was one of the best teachers I had at SRV purely due to her passion for, and knowledge of environmental science, as it applies to various aspects of our society. Many teachers go through the motions but you can tell they would rather be elsewhere, she was not one of them. Her class is what initially inspired me to major in environmental science and thus far I have loved every class I have taken at UO. She taught all her students to think for ourselves and be objective regarding ALL issues, environmental and otherwise, a concept many adults have yet to grasp (including a few who posted comments above). Ms. Egan deserves this award and more for the fabulous work she has done in her years of teaching. I think those who have negative things to say should try and open their minds and perhaps take a class on sustainability to learn how much it can help our society economically, environmentally and socially. Thanks again Ms. Egan, keep up the hard work, you've earned it! :)

Posted by jrm, a member of the Vista Grande Elementary School community, on Oct 16, 2011 at 7:07 pm

Pizzmac is not my neighbor...and I am glad...