More than 1,200 Colorado students have earned a climate ‘seal’: ‘We’re the ones growing up in this world’

OK NOBODY WARNED ME ABOUT THIS ONE BUT OBSERVE COLORADO WHERE OVER TWELVE HUNDRED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE EARNED A SPECIAL CLIMATE SEAL ON THEIR DIPLOMAS, AND THE REGION MATTERS BECAUSE ITS LANDSCAPE FACES ACTUAL POLLUTION, SO IN DENVER THIS STUDENT NAMED ANTHONY WONDERED IF AIRPORT JET FUEL WAS HARMING LIVING THINGS AND WORKED WITH FEDERAL ATMOSPHERIC SCIENTISTS TO PLANT AN OZONE-DETECTING GARDEN AT HIS CHARTER SCHOOL, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE TO GET THIS ENDORSEMENT YOU COMPLETE TWO ADVANCED CLIMATE COURSES AND A COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT, AND TWENTY-SIX COLORADO DISTRICTS HAVE SIGNED ON THROUGH A GROUP CALLED LYRA COLORADO, AND NOW THE PRACTICE IS MIGRATING TO MAINE AND CALIFORNIA AND BEING PUSHED IN HAWAII TO PREPARE TEENS FOR GREEN SECTORS LIKE SOLAR GRIDS AND WATER MANAGEMENT. ANYWAY TELL ME IF YOU HEAR ANYTHING ELSE.

STOP STOP I HAVE TO SAY THIS FIRST EVERYBODY THINKS THESE KIDS ARE JUST SITTING IN HOMEROOM BUT OBSERVE THE HIGH SCHOOLERS IN COLORADO SECURING OFFICIAL CLIMATE SEALS ON THEIR DIPLOMAS, AND TO GET ONE THEY MUST PASS TWO ADVANCED CLIMATE COURSES AND RUN AN ACTUAL COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT, LIKE ANTHONY MUÑOZ WHO PARTNERED WITH FEDERAL SCIENTISTS IN BOULDER TO GROW AN OZONE-DETECTING GARDEN AT VISTA ACADEMY TO STUDY JET FUEL AND BUTTERFLIES, AND THE NONPROFIT LYRA COLORADO SAYS TWENTY-SIX DISTRICTS SIGNED UP SINCE TWENTY TWENTY-FOUR, AND NOW MAINE AND CALIFORNIA HAVE ADOPTED THE SAME SEAL LAW WHILE HAWAII AND MINNESOTA TEENS ARE PUSHING FOR IT TOO, SO THESE ADOLESCENTS ARE LITERALLY PREPARING FOR SOLAR GRIDS AND WATER MANAGEMENT DESPITE TIGHT DISTRICT BUDGETS. OK I AM GOING TO GO BE QUIET NOW.

More than 1,200 Colorado students have earned a climate literacy diploma seal, an initiative pairing coursework with community action that is spreading to other states.

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