Young people demand a Green New Deal for schools across the United States
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by YCC TEAM
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
As a result of student activism, a school district in Colorado will include climate change in the curriculum and implement clean energy initiatives.
Many young people want their schools to help prepare them to face the climate crisis.
So students in the Sunrise Movement have been lobbying their local school boards across the country to pass a Green New Deal for Schools. In the Boulder Valley School District in Colorado, they recently celebrated a win.
Student activist Tilly Testa says the new resolution requires the district to implement clean energy initiatives, include climate change in the curriculum, and create disaster plans.
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