Carnation Elementary School teacher Elizabeth Wing will be among the educators and students honored for environmental stewardship at the King County Earth Heroes at School awards May 5.
Solid Waste Division Director Pat McLaughlin will present the awards at 4:30 p.m. at Maplewood Greens, 4050 Maple Valley Hwy., Renton.
Wing’s goal is to teach students to be stewards of the environment by engaging in conservation practices every day. Her third-grade Green Team has made paper reuse trays for each classroom; created a pledge, a video, and posters to remind others to rethink, reduce, reuse, and recycle; and provided recycling presentations in the community. The school was recently recognized by King County as a Sustaining Green School.
Earth Heroes inspire others to create their own projects that conserve resources, protect the environment, and educate others about how simple, everyday actions can contribute to a healthier planet.
The program recognizes actions in: waste reduction, reuse, or recycling, food waste prevention, sustainable gardening and climate change education or greenhouse gas emissions reduction change.
The honorees include 10 students, four student environmental clubs, seven staff, three teachers, and four schools.
Twelve school districts are represented.
The 2016 Earth Heroes at School are:
Climate Change – Students Sun Hong and Alexis Lolley, Green Gables Elementary School at Federal Way Public Schools;
Food Waste Prevention – Highland Middle School Green Genius Team and Spiritridge Elementary School Green Genius Team, both of the Bellevue School District; Nick Charles, Meadow Crest Early Learning Center – Renton School District Juanita High School Earth Corps Team – Lake Washington School District
Sustainable Gardening – Lakota Middle School Integrated Environmental Sustainability Academy at Federal Way Public Schools; Alicia Sullivan, St. Luke School, Shoreline; Katherine Stewart, Montessori Children’s House, Redmond;
Waste Reduction and Recycling – Pacific Cascade Middle School Green Team and Courtney Peterson and Joanne Donovan, Will Chromey, Discovery Elementary School, and Michael Getty, Sunset Elementary School, all of the Issaquah School District; Kim Foerster, Renton Park Elementary School, Renton School District; James Haney and Vasiliy Mocharnyy, Camelot Elementary School, Auburn School District; Student Molly Bricker, Tahoma High School, Tahoma School District; Cottage Lake Elementary Green Team, Northshore School District; Abdul Malik Ford, Todd Beamer High School, Federal Way Public Schools; Enumclaw Middle School Leadership Students, Enumclaw School District; International Community School Green Team, Lake Washington School District; Shaileen Johnson, Big Picture High School, Highline School District; Nautilus K-8 students, Federal Way Public Schools; and Teacher Hank Klein, Challenger Elementary School, Issaquah School District
For more information about the Earth Heroes at School Program, contact Donna Miscolta at donna.miscolta@kingcounty.gov or 206-477-5282.
