Students can make an environmental difference through joining eco clubs

The high school holds over sixty-one clubs, three of which are dedicated to advocating for the environment in different ways. This eco-club niche is made up of the Bottles for Better Club, Environmental Club, and Save Our Seas Club, which all encourage students to work towards bettering and protecting the planet. It is never too late to join any of these clubs, but how to pick which one to join? If not all? Here, we describe each club’s role in saving the planet.

Bottles for Better is the newest eco-club. Its goal is to “raise the school’s environmental awareness, instead of just telling more people to recycle” said senior Madison Grenauer, leader of Bottles for Better. “We are very hands on and make sure the recycling actually happens.”  The club will collect and recycle bottles disposed by the student body. The bottles will then be put in reverse vending machines. “We are generating money so eventually we can then donate it to local charities to help local communities,” Madison said. The club has been delayed because of the pandemic so sign up quickly to attend the club’s first meeting! To join email madison.grenauer@ncps-k12.org.

The Environmental Club also started this year and is run by junior Grace Flatow and senior Augie Kelliher. The club’s main focus is to “educate and make people aware of their environmental impacts and to create change throughout the community by doing projects like plastic free day and trash clean ups” Grace said. The club recently organized a school-wide plastic free day which was aimed to “make students aware of how much plastic they really use”, she said. The club meets weekly so email grace.flatow@ncps-k12.org or august.kelliher@ncps-k12.org to join. Also be sure to follow their Instagram, @nchsenvclub.

The Save our Seas Club, run by juniors Emma Cody and Katie Cota, is aimed to “make more people aware of the environmental issues going on in today’s world and do our best to take part in helping our environment,” Emma said. “More specifically, what we can do to help our seas and the areas around us such as the Long Island sound.”  The club has not done a lot of fundraisers recently due to COVID-19, but hopes to start them up again soon. If you want to join, email emma.cody@ncps-k12.org or ana.cota@ncps-k12.org so you can be added to the Facebook and email list!