Scituate High School

Scituate, RI

Project Title: Scituate High School NEED Project

Project Adviser: Shannon Donovan

Student leaders in the Scituate High School NEED Project continued their work this year to educate students, teachers, and members of the community about saving energy and building a sustainable society. We worked very hard this year to help people think about their eating and entertainment habits, and the environmental impacts of the choices that they make. Our water use and groundwater protection also are related to energy as it takes much energy to bring us clean water and much energy to take care of our waste. We are very excited to report that we have begun preliminary work to convert a gasoline powered vehicle to a completely electric vehicle. Our biggest events included our plant sales, the Water Festival, Energy Night, our NEED Workshops, and the School as Tool forum where our students gave a presentation to the whole conference. Thank you to our community partners: Northern Rhode Island Conservation District, the Department of Environmental Management, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Providence Water.