Archive » June 12, 2008 By Kelly Mahan Creek Conscious Project
As a final project for their AP Environmental Science class at
Santa Barbara High School, 28 students have begun a program
called “Creek Conscious” designed to help educate the community
on the health of local creeks. Community Outreach Coordinator
Kelsea Peace and Director of Production Tavish Ryan sat down
with us recently to discuss the goals of the project, which they
say will continue well after the school year comes to an end.
Teacher José Caballero wanted his students to create a project
that targeted a local environmental problem. After Stephen
Dougherty from the Sierra Club spoke to the class about the
endangered steelhead trout, the class decided it wanted to
spread the word. To achieve this goal, the class established a
Mission Statement that outlined five ways to inform local
residents. The first step was to go to local schools and inform
students about creek pollution and the dwindling steelhead
population. The class went to MUS and t