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PROJECT
later, a group of students from Flagler Palm Coast High School are incorpo- rating this practice into each of their everyday lives as they channel their passionate concern for the planet in a community-wide outreach effort, educating others about green initiatives through their actions. Project GEO (Generating Environ-
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mental Outreach) commenced in Au- gust of 2008 when members of the high school's Community Problem Solving team—an international program that encourages students to use a problem solving process to acknowledge and al- leviate concerns in their community— collaborated in their common desire to help the environment. After reading an article in Natural Awakenings about Think BioSmart, a group of Embry-Rid- dle graduates at the forefront of biodie- sel research and production, the Project
ahatma Gandhi once said, "You must be the change you want to see in the world." Decades
GEO
GEO team began the journey of selling the idea to the School Board. Through- out the year, a close partnership with Think BioSmart was formed and the fueling of a pilot bus with biodiesel was televised with the hopes that the county's bus fleet would ultimately be converted to the eco-friendly alterna- tive.
This year, Project GEO has turned their focus to alternative energy sourc- es. Of the original team, four members have remained: Stephanie Gopal, Ash- ley Hawes, Andrea Wakefield and Kate Brendel. They have been joined by two new eager members, Adrian Lujo and
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You must be the change you want to see in the world.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Ashley Phelps. "Our goal is to educate the community on what they can do to help the environment through imple- menting green practices in our school district," says Gopal. The group has gained the support of Flagler's Super- intendent, Bill Delbrugge, to move for-
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