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Climate Change Activism in Connecticut High School
Posted in Models by Virginia on June 5th, 2009
Excerpt from the Department of Environmental Protection, Connecticut
Students from Amity High School in Woodbridge have shown what can be achieved with dedication, passion and commitment to an issue.
The Amity High School Global Warming Club has been awarded the 2009 Climate Change Leadership Award in their efforts to promote and educate the community on the effects of climate change. They’ve also succeeded in:
- signing up over 500 households and businesses for CTCleanEnergyOptions at many community events in all three towns.
- requesting the Orange Board of Selectmen to purchase clean energy.
- Earning solar photovoltaic systems under the CT Clean Energy Fund’s “Clean Energy Communities” program through clean energy sign-ups: a 3 kilowatt system for Amity Regional School District #5 (comprising Bethany, Orange and Woodbridge), 3 kilowatts for Beecher Road School (Woodbridge), 9 kilowatts for the Bethany Community School, 4 kilowatts for the Bethany Fire Headquarters, and 2 kilowatts for the old Bethany Fire House.
- A contest at the high school to see which household can lower their electric bill the most between November 2008 and March 2009.
- Letters to the CT General Assembly to support climate change legislation.
- Fund raising for local land trusts.