LAHS Green Team

10/02/2023

On Friday, February 17th during lunch in the quad, we will be having a Clothing Drive event! Bring your gently used clothing items to swap with others ♻️

30/09/2020

WIN SUCCULENTS AND SWAG!!
Participate in our National Drive Electric Week quo’s today at tinyurl.com/lahsNDEW

Highest scorers receive prizes!
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21/04/2020

Goooood morning greenies! Today is Water Day, our second day of Earth Week! 🌏💧

Water allows us to live. It is one of Earth’s most precious gifts, and it’s up to us to protect it. Through water conservation, we can save energy, money, and our planet’s natural habitats.🐋

In the past couple of years, our city has made amazing progress in terms of water conservation efforts and programs.

Calwater offers free conservation kits (with showeheads, one hose nozzle, toilet leak tablets, and more!), while their conservation programs saved residents 10 million gallons of water!

BUT, there is still work to be done! 40 states are anticipating water shortages by 2024, and by 2025, an estimated 1.8 billion people will live in areas of extreme water scarcity. Visit our page to read how you can help! 👆

21/04/2020

What can we do at home, and individually?

1. Calculate your water footprint on watercalculator.org. It measures both your direct and indirect water usage, and provides tips on how to reduce your usage. 👣
2. Take a look at these suggestions and see what changes YOU can implement in your daily life! (They’re sorted into BIG and SMALL changes, both worth taking a look!)

How do these changes help?

🌱 Changing watering habits/landscaping: Landscaping is more than half of domestic water use in our area!
🥩Reducing meat consumption: ~30% of freshwater is used for animal agriculture!
💧 Using a front-loading dishwasher: it uses 1/3 of the water and less detergent than most top loading machines!

For more info, visit the websites on the second page!

21/04/2020

Your challenge of the day is… to take a photo of yourself with your reusable water bottle + name one change (big OR small) that you’re going to make for the environment! 📸

Plastic bottles take about three times as much water to produce than they can actually hold, so using a reusable bottle makes a difference!

💚Don’t forget to use the hashtag and tag to be featured on our story :) �

By living on this planet, we each carry a little bit of the responsibility to give back. We hope you take up on this challenge and continue to protect our planet through this week and beyond! Happy Water Day! 💧🌊

18/04/2020

Hiya! Check out the Earth Week schedule for next week + get excited for a week of learning and celebration! :) 🌏

Plus, here are a few more environmental opportunities to look into if you’re interested!

🎤Virtual Earth Day by Green Foothills - panel of speakers and Q&A session. Visit greenfoothills.org for details.

🧠Our Climate Our Future LIVE! by Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) - play trivia for prizes and participate in Q&A with special guests, including youth climate activists. More information and registration at tinyurl.com/ourclimateACE.

📜Preparing to Take Charge Climate Change Training by Citizens' Climate Education - held April 18-24, high school students will host 4 presentations. More info at tinyurl.com/climatechangetraining!

Wishing you all a restful weekend ahead. Take care y’all :)

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27/01/2020

And that’s a wrap on the SFGHS 2020 Conference! Thank you to all the clubs that came - together, we’re making a difference for a better earth 🌎 If sharing ideas and creating plans for a sustainable future sounds like your kind of thing, come see what Green Team’s all about, Wednesday’s in room 708! @ Samsung Office

10/07/2019

Before you take your shower everyday, think about how much water you are using! We can help save water, one drop, one person at a time, if we all stop for a moment and think about how we can change our daily actions to not waste water!

05/07/2019

Hey everyone!

Thank you for visiting LAHS Green Team! We are a dedicated group of students focused on fostering a culture of environmental responsibility at Los Altos High School and in the local community through organizing outreach activities and events. 🌎

If you are interested in helping us promote a culture of sustainability within the community, feel free to shoot us a message or email us at [email protected]! 📨

For more updates and cool environmental opportunities, you can check out our website at https://greenteam.lahs.club, or subscribe to our email list at https://greenteam.lahs.club/register! 🌲

As always, Be Green Not Mean! 💚
The LAHS Green Team 🏡

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