• Los Altos
  • Eastside Middle School
  • Barnard Columbia Earthday Coalition
  • James G. Birney Elementary



    LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL

    The first annual Earth Week event at Los Altos High School in Los Altos, CA, surpassed all expectations. Its affiliations with the Earth Day Network and Natsource gave their event national attention. Highlights included:

    - 24 classroom presentations from leading activists in the Bay Area
    - 2 ticketed assemblies given by the Rainforest Action Network
    - an exhibit of hybrid power cars
    - raffle which raised $150 by students to buy 50 reduction credits
    - a matching grant given by Natsource to purchase another 50 credits
    - a $300 donation from a local patron to buy another 100 credits

    This event was organized entirely by students of Los Altos High School, Earth Week and demonstrated the ability of students to educate themselves and their peers.


    Los Altos Students protesting to Save the Redwoods.




    Earth Day Organizers Olya Milenkaya and Ryan Buckley.




    EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL

    This spring four eighth grade science classes at East Side Middle School in New York City studied natural disasters. As part of their project, they also explored whether or not global warming was contributing to these disasters.

    At the end of the project they were treated to a slide show on climate change, presented by Fran Morrill of Natsource's Environmental Action Desk. Each student was assigned the task of conducting a home energy audit in order to determine how many pounds/tons of CO2 emissions they were responsible for.

    Several days later two students held a bake sale, the proceeds of which were used by the eighth grade to buy greenhouse gas credits.