Published May 02. 2025 01:16PM
Parkland High School students helped celebrate Earth Day with displays and hands-on activities in the library April 15.
The theme for this year’s program was “Our Power, Our Planet” which focused on the many ways to reduce our reliance on climate changing products.
This would include many, if not all, the products obtained from fossil fuels.
Students shared oil, gasoline and plastics are just a few of the products made from fossil fuels; however, the use of these products generates green house gas, plastic waste leading to contamination and environmental pollution.
Parkland students researched ways to mitigate the effects of using fossil fuels based products.
Aniya Rodriguez shows everyday products including vinyl records and CDs/DVDs which can create trouble for the planet by being difficult to dispose of and recycle.
Maryan Naqawe is advocating for the Amazon Rainforest with her presentation during the Parkland High School’s Earth Day Celebration held in the school library April 15.
Parkland High School student Andrea Sainz’s Earth Day project asks “Why are They Gone?”showing extinct animals such as California grizzly bears and black rhinos which remain critically endangered.
Sahrina Collins, holding a “bug hotel” teaches students that what they think are native ladybugs may be invasive lady-beetles, which have a different coloring and markings than ladybugs.
Parkland High School student Keagan Easy’s display links the impact of global warming to severe weather during the high school’s Earth Day Celebration.
Wyatt Drake and Sam Jaffe make Flower Seed “Bombs” which can be used to spread beneficial plants anywhere they are tossed. They usually consist of butterfly and hummingbird seeds placed in seed bomb clay.PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELAND
