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Burlington High School's environmental club LEAP, put posters detailing the strike around school

“Our house is on fire”: Burlington strikes for climate change

Jenna Peterson September 19, 2019

In August 2018, Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg started an international political movement.  Every Friday, instead of school, Thunberg occupied the steps of the Swedish legislature to insist they find a solution to the climate change crisis. Thunberg’s...

The Burlington High School cafeteria sells around 100 plastic water bottles per day. In response, the student-led environmental club is trying to buy a reusable water bottle for every student. | Photo via Creative Commons

Students Work to Eliminate Plastic Water Bottles from Cafeteria

February 5, 2017

1,500 water bottles are being bought every second in the U.S, according to treehugger.com. That’s 90,000 water bottles each minute. While there is access to cold, filtered water stations on campus, Burlington High School continues to buy roughly 100...

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