Trash cans at La Costa Canyon High School in Carlsbad, CA are emptier now that students, faculty and staff are switching to reusable water bottles.
And that is all because students with LCC's Social Justice Project came up with a plan that is succeeding beyond all expectations, according to students and Christopher Greenslate, the LCC Social Justice teacher who also teaches journalism and English at the school.
Students sent out emails and made posters on recyclable paper to educate fellow students on the hazards of plastic water bottles, which are disposed of at the rate of 60 billion per year-and is the leading source of plastic pollution in the United States. They also sold recyclable bottles, which student and faculty quickly bought.
When that supply sold out, reformed plastic bottle users found other off-campus sources. It is hoped that the ubiquitous plastic water bottle will be replaced with reusable ones that won't trash our planet so needlessly.
As a result of this successful effort, La Costa Canyon High School's video about their breakup with bottled water has been selected as a finalist in Quantum Shift's $50,000 contest for best environmental project.
Please, I beg you, visit this site and cast a vote for La Costa Canyon's Social Justice program.
Perhaps their efforts will spread to other area schools, colleges and workplaces. In addition to lessening environmental impact, there will be significant cost savings. Home filtered water put in glass bottles is not only healthier, but runs just 1/10 the cost of bottled water.
All of San Diego and the neighboring communities of Carlsbad, Encinitas, Olivenhain, Cardiff, and Rancho Santa Fe should be proud of La Costa Canyon High School and their very green project.
And perhaps it is a project that could be adopted by other schools as well!
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Hats off to La Costa High, its great that there are kids like them out there, they are our country's future.
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What a great thing these kids are doing!! This is great news. In Maryland some schools are becoming green and kids are bringing reusable lunch containers and reusable drink containers. My son's elementary school is marking that for next year.
Doris: I join you in congratulating the kids. Hope you were able to vote for them:-)
June: It would be nice to see the plastic bottles disappear totally from school and home trash cans. I know, though, that I would have been battling lost water containers continually with our three sons!
That is such a good idea! I've always wondered when people would catch on to using their own life-time water bottle. Now a whole new industry will pop up. Next thing you know we will have water bottle accessories, perhaps clothing and stickers...
All kidding aside, teaching the kids is the right way to do it. They will go home and make the adults adhere to the plan.
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Kristal: Mine would probably not last a lifetime, because I would tend to lose it along with pens, sunglasses and brilliant ideas. Still, it would certainly beat all the plastic containers that get thrown. Am also concerned about the dioxin leaks being reported re: plastic bottles that sit in the sun and heat:-(
Roberta - I came, I read, I voted. But alas, the contest is over. Reuseable water bottles could become a hot trend as students personalize them.
Roberta`
So good to hear about this contest......it makes me feel as if our kids have the energy to create new ways of seeing and working in a healthy way in the world. As a former educator, I have to say I am thrilled!!!
Any of you La Costa Canyon football fans should also check out this new LCC football blog, www.mavericknation.com. Its the best source for LCC stats, interview, and analysis by a former College football player.
That is great! Not only that...but it also cuts down on the soda industry's preying on kids to get them addicted to high fructose corn syrup. Yay for a healthier, smarter, more environmentally aware youth!