Delegates observe the external anatomy of a shark in the “Sharks in Puget Sound: A Look Inside Dogfish!” workshop at Student GREEN Congress.
Every March marks the start of spring and the culmination of student water quality testing all around our watersheds- at Student GREEN Congress! This event was put together in partnership with South Sound GREEN, Nisqually River Education Project, and Chehalis Basin Education Consortium. 450 students gathered at the Evergreen State College to present their data and discuss results and action projects with peers. In these State of the River Sessions, student delegates got to meet with other students from their watershed to build a picture of water quality across the watershed area.
Every group of student delegates brought ideas for action projects to improve water quality at their testing site. After discussing all of the ideas with other delegates, each session chose one idea together. The most popular action project idea was to reduce littering, followed by planting native plants and education. The day was filled to the brim with collaboration, stewardship, and enthusiasm for our shared environment.
Student GREEN Congress offered 26 enriching workshops this year through many of our amazing community partners. Students dissected salmon, built birdhouses, made plankton batiks, performed banana salmon surgery, forest journaling, oyster shucking, and so much more! Our student delegates had a full day that ignited further excitement for taking care of salmon habitat and protecting healthy streams.
We’d like to extend a big thank you to all of our community partners and volunteers. Everyone put their best foot forward and helped bring forth a day of stewardship, care, and excitement.
