For about 16 years, the Environmental Club has worked to create change at Campolindo by supporting sustainability and combating climate change. From the help they have provided to the garden or their advocacy for sustainable flatware, this club has empowered eco friendly changes on campus.
The Environmental Club aims to be a space where students had the opportunity to have a voice and create change when it came to sustainability on campus. Returning club member junior Isabella Tritto said, “I love seeing what we do actually cause change in our school.”
Another returning member junior Amelia Ra expressed how she enjoyed the club’s “dedication to making change on campus”.
This year’s co-presidents, juniors Ella Dunn and Vivian Tolajian who also led the club last year, were excited to see returning members and welcome new members who joined the Environmental Club. For the 2023-24 school year, the club had many new goals and new opportunities to offer the Campolindo school community.
Dunn said a major objective of the club this year was to “encourage throwing things in the right bin”. Tolajian added that there would be a “new waste sorting program” in order to make sure our school community does a better job with recycling and composting.
Students will be able to sign up to stand by a set of bins during lunch with a trash picker and apron to help people throw their waste in the correct bins. Students who signed up will also have the opportunity to receive community service hours. The program will be known as “campost”.
The Environmental Club also helped with managing the garden. This year they planned to “redo the green house and get irrigation for it” as well as “expand the goat shed,” said Tolajian. The club offered garden work days in order to make these changes.
They planned to advocate for rain barrels on campus during the rainy season in order to help drought prevention and combat the flooding of the outdoor hallways.
“There is no planet B” Dunn warns. “Sustainable practices across campus” that are in place now will help ensure a “better future” for the Earth.
Tolajian added “the environment has a lot of issues right now,” but there are small steps that the Environmental Club has taken to help combat those problems.
With the involvement of the student body by either joining the Environmental Club or by participating in sustainable practices, Campolindo continued to grow into a more eco-friendly campus.
