World Water Day Makes a Splash

By: Peyton Lee | Student Life Editor

April 1, 2017

On Thursday, March 30, San Clemente High School students set up a table in front of the library at lunch in honor of world water day. Every March, world water day draws attention to the water crisis. This year, the students’ goal was to spread awareness about how much water people unknowingly use.

In order to bring more awareness about how much water goes into commonly used products, the students hung posters that depicted how many gallons it takes to make a hamburger, a t-shirt, or a burrito. This allowed for students to become conscious of how much water they use everyday to work toward decreasing water usage. According to Triton junior Sol Gonzales, “the overall objective was to make people become aware of their water footprint which is basically a measurement of how much water we utilize in our everyday lives” and these posters helped achieve this goal.

Junior Jackson Hinkle helped man the table which was a “#TheWaterEffect exhibition where many students came and filled out water footprint pledges. We were also able to teach people why water conservation is important and how to live a more sustainable life.” Students pledged to use reusable water bottles, cut back on shower time, or reduce the amount high water foods in their diet, among other things.

Gonzales “personally got involved by becoming a student water ambassador at our local Ecology Center along with juniors Jackson Hinkle, Josh Greene, Cade Mills, and Mikey Schwartz,” the five other SCHS students who put on world water day.

The students feel as if this was a successful event to spread awareness, but that it is helped by where it was put on. Hinkle expressed gratitude at a willingness for students to learn when he claimed, “It’s awesome to go to a school where people, including our principal, are interested in and supportive of the youth and our initiatives.”

The students collaborated with The Water Effect, the ecology center, and Team Zissou to put on the display and continue to work with them to hold other displays and learn more about living sustainable lives to reduce their water footprint.

Pictures provided by Michelle Marie Photography.