How is OKM helping fight climate change?

Hi, I’m a student here at OKM and my name is Meg and I'm in grade 12. I just attended a climate conference hosted by Extreme Hangout and #Decarbonize. We had many guest speakers come up and talk, and I was really inspired by what they said. It made me realize that OKM is not doing enough to fight climate change! We have a large student body of over 1400 people, and with that many people I think we can really make a difference, but only if these students are educated, guided, and advocated for. The many people who spoke today proved to me that students are capable of accomplishing amazing goals and projects. Imagine what all the other students of OKM could do for our community and environment too! That’s why I’m asking you to set plans to embed more climate change topics into our courses, and do things like bringing in guest speakers to educate us about how to become a climate leader and impacts of climate change. And maybe we can put forth an after school climate education program. Here is a link to Lacombe High Schools Ecovision project, a project led entirely by students that a speaker introduced to us about the power we students can hold: http://lchsecovision.weebly.com/past-projects.html.

Even though it is student led, advocacy and inspiration (which is where you come in) is the first step to meaningful change.