The Environmental Club (Eco Club) is a club here at Grand Ledge High School (GLHS) where students work on projects that benefit the environment. The club has many members, as students can craft things that are healthy for our community while also being fun to make. “We’re dedicated to making environmental issues known, spreading the word about different issues, and doing fun crafts to help support it,” Eco Club’s vice president, Nellie Wernet, said. Creating “bug hotels”, terrariums out of reused milk jugs, and carving pumpkins are all things that the club has done to involve students in a good cause.

Eco Club’s board members are aware of issues such as global warming and have been coming up with ways to make a change with club activities.

“We really want to plant wildflowers around the school to help promote pollinators. Planting trees and plants helps reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” Wernet said.

“We’ve also gone around and picked up trash outside the school, which can help with global warming and just keeping the planet cleaner in general. Reusing materials, like last year, we made reusable bird feeders out of old materials and that was a really fun thing to do.”

Students have busy lives, they drive to school every day, attend local sporting events, get ready for the holidays and much more– all of which might contribute to global warming. It’s helpful for students to know what they can do to improve their actions.

“Make yourself aware of the issues, do research and find a lot of information out, and see what you can do personally to make an impact,” Wernet said.

“Ride your bike to school, if you can, carpool with people, do things like that just to make a small impact every day,” she stated.

It may be beneficial to be mindful of your actions, as trying to make a small change every day could be useful for the future.

“It’s something that wasn’t necessarily this generation’s fault, but it definitely is going to impact the world in the years to come. And so, trying to make a change and make a difference is a really huge thing that needs to happen to keep our world healthy for the future generations,” Wernet said.