The Long Beach Unified School District has unanimously adopted a policy to implement goals aimed at reducing emissions and moving the district toward the use of clean and renewable energy.
LBUSD students and community members celebrated when the board approved the policy on Wednesday, Aug. 17. Among them was the Long Beach Green Schools Campaign, a student-led effort to address the climate crisis which has been advocating for the policy since 2020.
“I’m really happy, I think that’s an understatement,” said Diana Michaelson, an incoming senior at Poly High and founder of the Long Beach Green Schools Campaign. “Happy to have had this opportunity to work with district staff to do this all together, collaboratively.”
The formally titled “Green School Operations – Energy and Sustainability Policy” is a revision of the district’s original policy adopted in 2019. The…
LBUSD passes energy and sustainability policy to move toward using clean energy – Press Telegram
