Below are ways to get your school's attention about the changes you want to make. They are in order of where you should probably start.
- Student Government will help you a lot. If you are on your student government or a class officer, your chances of helping out are higher. This is not required though. You can approach your government with the idea. (I will post later this week with helpful tips on presenting the idea)
- Science/Rivers/Enviro-teams are the most popular clubs/groups I could find that should be interested in dealing with the environment. Student Government and these groups are the first places you should start asking.
- PTA (Parent Teacher Association) will also help you. If you cannot get help from your student government and clubs, the PTA or school board might be interested in helping you out. You may want to get a small group of people (no more than 5) together to help you present your ideas.
You now have places to go to ask for funding and help, but they will not take you seriously if you are not organized. Getting a few people together with you who share your concerns helps too. Then, they see that more than one person is concerned.
Next I will give you tips and outlines for what you may want to say to different groups to get support.
