Students for Solar Schools

Students at Westlake High School (in Westlake Village, California) are starting to make some big waves-- solar waves that is.  They created the "Students for Solar Schools Initiative" (SSS), a student-run campaign to "engage schools in the renewable energy movement."  Since their recent start, two other California schools as well as a high school in New York have joined their movement.  

The SSS program was featured on the website Treehugger as well as Discovery channel's Planet Green website.    Students for Solar Schools Initiative also has a Facebook page with over 380 members.  

Here at the Sustainable Oregon Schools Initiative we are looking for ways to get high school students more actively involved in their sustainability efforts too.  That's why we also created a SOSI Facebook page.  Our hope is that high school students across the state can use our Facebook page as a starting point to get the conversation rolling about engaging their administration with sustainability efforts, and work with each other to see their progress.  The idea is still in the initiative stages and we have not done any outreach to Oregon high schools yet.  

Topic for Discussion: 

• Are you a teacher at a high school and would like to be involved in either the SSS project or the SOSI Facebook page?  Let us know!
  
• Are you a high school student and want to be more involved?  Share your voice!  
• Are you an administrator that wants your school to be more involved in grass-roots efforts?  Explain why!