L-S High School Students Get President's Award for Climate Change

Photo Credit (submitted): Christy Goldfuss, managing director of White House Council on Environmental Quality, Eleanor Burke, L-S Environmental club advisor, PEYA awardees Michael Bader (’14) and Grace Chin (’15) and U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.

Five members of the Environmental Club at Lincoln-Sudbury High School recently went to Washington, D.C., to receive an award.

Michael Bader, Brianna Bisson, Grace Chin, Clara Cousins, and Savannah Snell were invited to receive the 2014 President’s Environmental Youth Award on June 17, 2015.

The Environmental Club was being awarded the prestigious PEYA for their efforts to bring awareness of climate change to the 1600 students at L-S and to promote the use of reusable water bottles and recycling, said an announcement.

The group raised money to purchase two purified water fountain refilling stations for the school with the goal of decreasing and eliminating the sale and use of one-use plastic water bottles, and reduction of overall plastic waste at the school.

The students partnered with Next Step Living to recruit local residents to conduct home energy audits. Each audit nets $10 for the school. The club has raised more than $2600 to date to fund the purchase of the water fountain refilling stations.

Pictured, left to right:
Christy Goldfuss, Managing Director of White House Council on Environmental Quality, Eleanor Burke, L-S Environmental Club Advisor, PEYA awardees Michael Bader (’14) and Grace Chin (’15) and U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.