Go Greenish is a coalition of students from across the country building sustainability initiatives in their school districts. I was motivated to found Go Greenish because I felt like there was a need for more environmental initiatives at our school. I thought that youth could really bring that voice, and now we have over 200 volunteers in 13 different school districts.
Being involved in the policy advocacy space, you really need to be outspoken. You need to be persistent. It’s how you get stuff done. One initiative I really take pride in was to go before my school board of trustees to advocate for the purchasing of electric school buses. We’ve also done a lot of work to expand recycling and composting at our school districts.
It’s really just been so unbelievably rewarding to see all the impact proliferate across these school districts. Tikkun olam really means to me building and strengthening community, and when young people come together and use their voice, that’s when we really make change.