This past May, CYFC held the 2009 ConocoPhillips Youth of Distiction Awards – a really cool awards program that honours youth in non-academic categories that revolve around leadership, friendship, and community involvement. The following young women were the recipients of our Enviromentalist Group award, and they’re doing some really cool things for our earth:
Amy Spark and Brittany Thaxter—better known as the Compost Divas—are two grade twelve students at Lord Beaverbrook High School. After realizing the importance of recycling and composting, Amy and Brittany enrolled themselves in a Master Composting course provided by Clean Calgary. The Compost Divas then created a composting program for their own school, which is now in its second semester.
In their spare time, Amy and Brittany also took their program to three more schools, motivating and teaching other students about environmental sustainability. To continue educating people on the values of composting, Amy and Brittany will be providing workshops on Change Day at Lord Beaverbrook, Destination Conservation, and the Mayor’s Environmental Expo. In order to continue their legacy, these two girls are also in the process of mentoring grades ten and eleven students to take over the program after they graduate this year, creating a sustainable program that will continue long after they have left.
