ECO2school, The Climate Center’s Youth Leadership program, is constantly growing – connecting with new communities, developing new tools and curriculum, and mentoring new groups of students. In order to continue sharing and expanding this work, the ECO2school team is excited to announce the relaunch of their website: ECO2school.org. The new website makes it smooth and easy to find the information … Read more
by Samantha Perry, ECO2school Lead Summer Intern During my first year of college at Tulane University, I made many friends who love the outdoors as I do and want to preserve it.But I’m still a bit of an outlier. I am known as the girl who rants about the evils of Styrofoam, distresses about California’s drought, and criticizes the city’s lack … Read more
Here in Sonoma County, 65 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation. That is why the ECO2school program focuses on changing students’ transportation habits. Angie Schmitt with Streetsblog USA highlights seven easy actions we all can take now to cut down the miles we drive and to reduce our carbon footprints. 1. Walkable … Read more
Last month, ten high school seniors from Sonoma County were recognized for leadership and civic engagement in the 28th annual Community Youth Service Awards, sponsored by The Press Democrat. The Climate Center Youth Advisory Board member Isabella (Izzi) Rader of Windsor High School was honored for her dedication and leadership in climate protection. The team … Read more
Last month, high school students across Sonoma County faced a personal and community challenge – the ECO2school Challenge, that is! For two weeks, participating students avoided solo driving and dropoffs at school. Instead, they embraced alternative transportation, like biking, walking, or carpooling, as often as possible. These young people jumped at the challenge and had a great time … Read more
From April 11-22, The Climate Center’s ECO2school program supported Sonoma County high schools in the annual “ECO2school Challenge.” The Challenge encourages students to make eco-friendly choices about how they get to school: biking, walking, or carpooling. During the Challenge, ECO2school leaders at each school host activities to engage their peers and increase participation. Favorite activities include the pedal-powered bicycle blender … Read more
A few weeks ago I sat down with three of our Youth Advisory Board members: Geena Espinoza, Katie Morrison, and Cassy Moretto, sophomores at Santa Rosa High School. The three of them are very close, in fact, so close that we call them the Three Musketeers. Everywhere they go, they bring a gaggle of giggles … Read more
The Climate Center’s Youth Advisory Board took their climate message to San Francisco earlier this month to present to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District about the ECO2school program’s accomplishments. The meeting was powerfully moving for both the student participants as well as the board members. Johanna Paine, a senior at Montgomery High School, shared her message … Read more
by Niki Woodard and Amy Jolly, CCP | February 10, 2016 Maddy from Sonoma Valley High School: “Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.” Twenty-three students from Sonoma County attended the Youth for Environment and Sustainability (YES) Conference on January 30 at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. … Read more
Twenty-three students from Sonoma County attended the Youth for Environment and Sustainability (YES) Conference on January 30 at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. The conference is organized Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to bring together middle and high school students from the greater Bay Area to talk … Read more
