In March I reported on high school students who raised funds to donate to Carbonfund.org through a bake sale. Well, Michael just brought a story to my attention that proves activism can start even earlier than that.The story begins with Evan Slater, Editor of Surfing Magazine, which joined the CarbonFree™ Surfing program last summer. He's also the rightly proud father of two cute little girls, Peyton, a second grader, and Zoe, who's in kindergarten.
Last winter, these forward-thinking girls started their own "Bottle Project" at their elementary school in Carlsbad, CA. The project's goal was to encourage the entire school to recycle their plastic bottles for a semester. Slater says:
During Christmas break, we lugged more than a dozen massive trashbags full of plastic bottles to the local recycling center. The girls collected just over 100 bucks, we matched it, and they wanted to put that money back in the ground by planting trees, so they donated to Carbonfund.org. The school got so behind it, they had a big assembly for them and they talked about the project and the results.
As a joke, my older daughter's teacher decided to pour a can of plastic bottles on their heads.
Congrats and thanks to Peyton and Zoe, from all of us at Carbonfund.org!
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