| Schools - Wednesday, June 22, 2011
M-A wins top prize in climate competition
Menlo-Atherton High School has been awarded the top prize in the statewide 2011 Climate Generation competition.
Climate Generation is an annual competition sponsored by the California Air Resources Board that challenges high school students to address climate change, clean energy and sustainability with innovative outreach projects.
Menlo-Atherton students developed "Behavior Change or Climate Change," a school-wide education campaign to teach students how simple lifestyle changes can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In addition to giving a series of presentations, the students obtained funding, and gained the support of the parent-teacher association. They also surveyed students before and after the presentations to measure the success of their efforts.
Arroyo High School in El Monte was awarded second prize for creating an on-campus composting system, while the third-place winner, Ukiah High School in Ukiah, led a city-wide campaign to reduce the use of plastic shopping bags.
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