Students at Spencer Butte Middle School (SBMS) created a $7K grant proposal to fund their school project action plans as part of an “extremely popular” green class – which “explores our world’s climate crisis using different scales; individual, community, and global.”
In the class, students explore key actions like recycling, composting, and policymaking, and “examine what projects they can design and implement to bring SBMS on a path to a zero carbon footprint.”
The grant proposal continues to say: “Spencer Butte was the first middle school in the Eugene area to be named a ‘Green School’ in the Oregon Green Schools program. Certificate of Merit status is now pending. SBMS has the goal of reaching Premier level.”
In the meantime, demand for the 30 green-class seats has inspired about 250 applications – with the class now being offered two semesters per year.
For more information call 541.687.3237.
Note: Students of the green class are also seeking “eco-speakers” and field trip sponsors.
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