Middle School Teacher Fired for Leading Students in Climate Activism : TreeHugger

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 permission from the school to carry out the action, and she was fired when parents complained.