Green Schools!

Mr. Brumsted (faculty advisor) approached SFS officers one day about attending a Project Learning Tree (PLT) Greenworks Workshop.

 Attendance at this workshop would not only be an education experience but also offer an opportunity for grant funds on future projects. 

We pulled together a team and went up to the Teton Science School for the workshop. Don't worry, we didn't use an entire bus to transport a mere ___ students, instead, the school district allowed us to take a Suburban up. While a Suburban might not have the most efficient gas mileage, it is the most environmentally friendly way the school district would allow us to travel. 

PLT gave us many supplies, including light detectors, temperature readers, CO2 readers, and much more. In addition, we were given packets full of surveys and outlines of processes to complete various types of projects ranging from renewable energy system implementation to decreasing water consumption and increasing recycling. 

We were pleasantly surprised by the support PLT offered us, and the creative project ideas that stemmed from this workshop. This workshop led to two projects that have been completed or are in the process of completion. 

The first one, was completed on Saturday May 18th in the bag give away at Whole Grocer and was headed up by our newest, and youngest member Sara Van Hatten who attend the PLT conference. The other project that stemmed from this conference is one to implement new water bottle refilling stations into the high school. We will partner with the Recycling program, who has agreed to distribute reusable water bottle to every student in Jackson Hole High School. In addition, the lunch line has stopped selling plastic water bottles. This project is headed up by Vice President Elsa, who also attended the conference. 

We hope that through these two projects we will facilitate the use of reusable bags and water bottles, thereby reducing plastic entering the waste stream.

- Mackenzie 

It was a unique learning experience and it taught me how to reduce energy in easy ways.

- Erin 

The Green Schools conference that we attended opened my eyes to the little things that we can do in our school that are easy and will make a difference. 

- Sara