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RGC High School Environmental Blog Posts
“Moving from consumers to caretakers of our air, water, forest, land, and wildlife”
Inspired by 16-year-old Greta Thernberg’s speech to the UN and the National Garden Club, Inc.’s Conservation Pledge, Roswell Garden Club invited high school students from public, private, and home schools in Roswell, GA, to write a blog post exploring how we in Roswell can become caretakers of our air, water, forest, land, and wildlife. Each year the topic was a variation of the NGC Conservation Pledge “Moving from consumers to caretakers of our air, water, forest, land, and wildlife.” The first year students wrote specifically about the pledge. In later years the focus was on recycling and on the Chattahoochee River.
We hope you are as inspired by these posts as we are and that you consider making some of the changes the students suggest.
Winners of RGC 2021 Environmental Blog Post Competition Announced
Roswell Garden Club is excited to announce the winners of the 2021 Environmental Blog Entry Competition:
1st place – Conserving the Chattahoochee, Savannah Young
2nd place – Each Individual Can Help Save the Chattahoochee, Krysta Schwab
3rd place – The Chattahoochee River Is at the Core of Roswell’s Existence, Claire Mulkey
We encourage you to read the words of these student-bloggers from our community and take action on their suggestions. The top 6 entries are on RGC’s 2021 High School Blog Competition web page.
The Do’s and Don’ts of Recycling by Guest Blogger & 1st Place High School Competition Winner Tara Goff
As rising temperatures bring attention to the problem of global warming, society becomes more involved in ways that the carbon footprint may be reduced. Restaurants commonly choose not to provide straws, the vegan community has grown, and local produce is becoming more readily available, for example at the Roswell Farmer’s and Artisan Market. There are, of course, still the basic approaches, such as opting to walk or bike ride…
We Can Lower Our Carbon Footprint and End Climate Change—Here’s How, by RGC Guest Blogger & 2nd place HS blog winner Savannah Young
It’s needless to say that there’s no shortage of plastic in the Roswell area.
Between the sheer amount of straws given out at restaurants to the load of plastic bottles you can find on the side of the road, there’s no doubt that we need to make a change.
However, while some may struggle to see that we need to make changes in our lives to help the environment long term, others may find it difficult to actually make the change.
So, we’re throwing it back to elementary school and reminding everyone of the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
Why am I Helping the Environment?…by Guest Blogger & 3rd Place Winner Maynor Chinchilla
I want you to think about the question “Why I am helping the environment?”. For a lot of people this question is difficult to answer because they may not help the environment or not ever think about it, and if you are one of those people here is the answer. We need to help our environment so we as the entire humanity can have a better future. Remember that this is the place that you are going to invite your children. Remember that their future is located in their home, and I don’t think someone can have a future when it does not even have a home. You are choosing between letting the kids live and die. Trust I know that those words are really strong but…
2020 RGC High School Environmental Blog Post Competition Winners
Roswell Garden Club is excited to announce the winners of the 2020 Environmental Blog Entry Competition:
1st place – The Do’s and Don’ts of Recycling, Tara Goff
2nd place – We Can Lower Our Carbon Footprint and End Climate Change—Here’s How, Savannah Young
3rd place – Why am I Helping the Environment?, Maynor Chinchilla
We encourage you to read the words of these student-bloggers from our community and take action on their suggestions. Let’s work together to take the National Garden Club, Inc.’s challenge and move from consumers to caretakers of our air, water, forest, land, and wildlife.
Reaching Beyond the Three R’s: More Ways to Care for the Earth…By Guest Blogger & 1st Place Winner Emma Guglielmo
The Roswell community has no shortage of nature-lovers and tree-huggers. There are endless prestigious organizations that spread environmental education and activism, such as the Roswell Garden Club and the Chattahoochee Nature Center. Oftentimes, the environmentally-conscious choice is not the most convenient, but there are numerous ways to get involved.
Transforming your home into an eco-paradise can be easier than one thinks. At the end of the day, some people do not have the space, financial standing, or freedom to live a 100% eco-friendly lifestyle. Baby steps are the key to modification….
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