Climate Project: Amelia Fernández Rodríguez

15, USA, DPS Students for Climate Action

“DPS4CA successfully advocated for Denver Public Schools to adopt their first climate policies and goals, supported by a Climate Action Plan. We spent two years organizing our community, showing up at Board meetings, rallying and staging sit-ins, and developing the climate policy. The goal of the program is to enable a liveable future for DPS students. With the help of Lotus Engineering, we will install heat pumps, solar panels, an eco-curriculum, and 100% electric buses by 2050 and change how we produce food. Our climate policy aims to reduce greenhouse emissions, promote sustainability as a core value, and address environmental injustice. My project has impacted about 5001-10000 people.”