Just like the ocean, there’s a ripple effect in environmental work. One person’s energy, passion, and solutions can flow to everyone else and create a chain reaction. That’s my inspiration with founding the Student Environmental Ambassador Program.
We help empower students take the charge on environmental change in their business, local, and school communities. Some of our key initiatives include working with restaurants to reduce single-use plastics, educating K-8 students on ocean conservation, and leading town cleanups.
I love seeing all of the youth energy and passion to get involved. There are now over 725 student ambassadors globally implementing these solutions in their communities.
One point in my work that I knew that I was making a difference was when I testified before the New Jersey Senate on bill S3195, which has a goal of eliminating single-use plastics across New Jersey. I also wrote an ordinance reducing single-use plastics in my home town.
With all of this work, the thing that drives me is seeing other students turn their passion into change.