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Powerful Choices for the Environment

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Description

Powerful Choices for the Environment is an environmental education program delivered to Washington state middle school students.

Environmental educators from Puget Sound Energy partner with 18 local agencies to deliver a dynamic four-day program that works with students through a series of hands-on, inquiry-based activities that focus on local air quality, waste reduction, and energy and water use. Students develop a greater understanding of how their individual decisions affect their local ecosystem as well as the global challenges facing the environment.

Goal / Mission

The program is designed to empower 6-8th grade students across the region with the knowledge that their everyday choices do make a difference. The program aims to influence how middle school students and their families think about and use natural resources in their daily lives.

Results / Accomplishments

The Powerful Choices education team presented the program to 17,169 students at 90 schools during the 2008-2009 school year. The program is now in its 16th year, and participating teachers reported an overall program satisfaction rating of 4.92 out of 5.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Puget Sound Energy
Primary Contact
Powerful Choices for the Environment, EST-10W
P.O. Box 90868,
Bellevue, WA 98009-0868
1-888-225-5773
Topics
Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
Environmental Health / Air
Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Organization(s)
Puget Sound Energy
Source
U.S. EPA, Clean Air Act Awards
Date of implementation
1993
Location
Washington
For more details
http://www.e3washington.org/featured-programs/item...
Target Audience
Children

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