In celebration of Earth Day, the City of Richmond’s Sustainability Office paid a visit to Henderson Middle School to talk about climate change. On April 23, 2019, a class of seventh-graders learned about RVAgreen 2050, the City’s integrated adaptation, mitigation and equity-centered climate action planning initiative to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050 and help the community adapt to Richmond’s climate impacts, and how our daily actions can either have a positive or negative impact on the environment.
The conversation with students focused on how they can play a small, yet important role in helping the city reach its greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals by reducing waste and conserving water. Students were introduced to
the concept of composting food and yard waste at home and at school to reduce
the amount of waste that is sent to landfills. They also learned how to use rain barrels to conserve
water and reduce water pollution.
The class received a compost bin and rain barrel that
students decorated with environmental messages and images. To bring the climate conversation full-circle, students were also gifted pencils with tomato seeds at the base instead
of erasers, which can be planted after use in the school's community garden and fertilized with the compost collected in their new bin.
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