Dallas teens get environmental education as part of SCA
By CHARLES SCUDDER / The Dallas Morning News
Around midday, when the sun is beating down from the clear Texas sky, 18-year-old Jonathon Jackson is swinging a hoe in the Great Trinity Forest. His leather gloves are worn. Tall trees partly block the sun, but they cannot erase the humidity.
The song of what seems like hundreds of cicadas fill the air as the South Oak Cliff High School senior yanks up grasses and plants to reach the dirt, which he then scrapes to make an even surface.
"We make it at least two lanes wide and as clear as possible and level and we just keep going until we finish," he said. "Everything that is in the trail … we kind of move it off to the side, but we do not discard it. Because … we want to conserve everything and make it look natural."
HOUSTON -- Even though many high school students are spending their summer vacation hanging out with friends, a group known as the Green Team is spending several weeks improving the environment, KPRC Local 2 reported Monday.
Thirty students from Houston-area high schools are taking part in a six-week summer conservation program.
They are getting dirty and braving the Houston heat to make a positive impact on the environment.
The Student Conservation Association teams up with ExxonMobil as the Green Team for outdoor-conservation projects at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center. Video by Kevin Fujii.
