LA Green Teen
Our campaign #LAGREENTEEN launched March 19, 2019!
Initially, the #LAGREENTEEN program was meant to teach environmental sustainability and social movement to high-school students using social media as the driver for change.
Later, we discovered that the students of Los Angeles Senior High School are encouraged to purchase plastic water bottles for the recommended 64 ounces of water per day. This was due to lack of up-to-date water fountains on campus. Since the disposal of plastic containers contaminate the environment, we are so proud to help LAUSD schools acquire water filtration systems giving students the choice to drink 100% clean water from non-plastic containers.
HoW is excited to help make change that directly affects daily lives and the lives of future students to follow.
Before images of unsafe water fountains at LA High:
California passes AB2638:
In 2023, together with Assembly Member Richard Bloom, LA GreenTeen encouraged a historic change in our public schools: access to clean drinking water for all, ending the dependency on plastic water bottles. Our LA GreenTeen campaign resulted in the passing of AB2638, which states that there should be one hydration station for every 350 kids in schools across the state of California. Next, LAUSD allocated $38 million towards clean drinking water in local schools. This is a huge step in the right direction and also shows the growth in equity while protecting our environment. We are proud to have been part of this historic change!
Working together with your teachers and school administrators to help support the basic needs of underserved high school students: access to clean water. We will empower and teach students to work together to strategize and launch a social media campaign to create a sustainable solution for clean drinking water in vulnerable communities.
The campaign will help the students raise awareness and funds for vulnerable school to implement new water refill stations, enabling students to drink safely using sustainable bottles and to refuse plastics.Â
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