By:Dawn Zweig
Our event really happened during the week. The Vermont Academy Sustainability Committee organized a SWEET (Students Working on Energy Efficiency Today) Blackout event. Teachers turned off lights in classrooms, everyone unplugged things, many took shorter showers and washed their clothes in cold water, we had a candlelit formal meal, and much more, all in an attempt to raise awareness about energy conservation. Then the Sustainability Committee presented a slideshow at an all-school meeting to show how easy it is to save energy and reduce our impacts on global warming with just simple everyday acts. Our Nov. 3rd Step It Up event was to get a picture of students and faculty interested in supporting our legislators in making positive decisions for the future when it comes to climate change. We had a couple of community members join our event as well. Our picture is meant to represent Vermont Academy students showing their desire to become our leaders of the future, but that they also want change now from our current leaders.
