Project Green Challenge Final Days
We're compiling a resume, video, and portfolio to submit for consideration to be PGC finalists at the Green University eco-summit in November.
I was the first choice to represent our team in San Francisco, however as the conferences are largely presentation based (which would not bode well for my panic/anxiety disorders, blah blah blah), we've handed it over to Davy Ragland, who will do a great job speaking and collaborating with the other contestants. While I won't be participating in the competition, I will hopefully still be able to accompany Davy to California to meet Judi Shils, the fair trade USA team, and listen in on the public events.
It's the last week of Project Green. Between interviews, cooking, presentations, essays, research, social media outreach, and establishing new clubs and movements at school, my minimal descriptions of the daily challenges don't truly convey how much work and time the team's put into this. We're in second place for now, behind the University of Illinois, hopefully just because of the time difference. To be updated later.
It's been a stressful month to say the least, but I'm happy Ari got me involved. This challenge has confirmed for me that my passion lies in environmental science. It'll be nice to finally return to the survey and start the next module: biomes.
Here are our top ten submissions:
Here are our top ten submissions:
Today was about the toxic chemicals, present in so many of our everyday beauty products, that our skin absorbs everyday. The FDA does not regulate what goes into these products and thousands of 
Today's theme was a broad approach to the concept of "organic". Certified farms and businesses put customers and the environment first. This means they produce without 
