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Youth Film Festival

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

SHS Environmental Club is Film Festival Finalist

Stevenson High School's Green Team presents a "trillion dollar" plan for the environment.

What environmental problems would you solve with a $1 trillion budget? Stevenson High School students presented their plans in a video that has gained national attention, the school reported in itsDaily Digest. The school's Green Team, a student-run environmental club, created the video for the second annual “If I Had a Trillion Dollars” Youth Film Festival. Their project has been named one of 25 finalists in the festival, which is sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee and the National Priorities Project.  The Green Team's ideas include providing incentives for businesses to reduce their carbon footprints, funding the construction of greener homes and increasing investments in solar and wind power to create more jobs in the U…

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