What difference can one person make? This is a common mindset, especially when it comes to our environment. Many people believe they don’t make a difference, but truly, one person can be a great change.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, one individual produces around 4.9 pounds of municipal solid waste per day, with more than 60% of it ending up at incinerators, or landfills.

Students in Earth Club prove that they can make a difference for the environment. The group brings a sense of knowledge and education towards the way our everyday actions affect our planet, and the communities built around us.

“I feel like us being there for the community is a great thing, it’s beneficial to our community,” Mark Berry (12) said.

.  This club is where a sense of hope for our planet comes in. As we all know, there is a spike in climate change, and our individual carbon footprints are not helping at all. There is a whole group of dedicated youth educating and encouraging those around them to recycle, limit usage of certain things, and even helping out themselves.

Other than simply educating those around us on our impact as humans, they also take action by doing projects and cleanups.

“It’s a great way to get involved with environmentalism,” Keena Boschert (12) said.

In Earth Club, they do a lot of volunteering work and public service. They’ve sold bakery items to donate money to charity, not only teaching the good conservation morals, but the generous aspect as well.

Earth club also emphasizes the members’ passions, Boschert, for example, has always been interested in science, especially conservation. Nature intrigues her such as hikes and just being outside in general. Others like Leah Dudley (12) refer to the club as her sort of “baby.” It’s her passion project and she tends to put a lot of energy into the club. This is due to it being very enjoyable in her everyday life.