What's Happening?

Last year, students from three district high schools in Salt Lake City worked in partnership with Sierra Club Utah and Climate Parents to collect 800 petition signatures from students, parents, and staff to support moving the school district to a commitment to a clean energy transition; and continued to meet with board members virtually despite COVID-19 school closures.

Ultimately, their hard work paid off—Salt Lake City Board of Education passed a resolution committing the district to transition to 100 percent clean electricity by 2030 and a transition off-gas by 2040. This means that nearly 25,000 students in Salt Lake City will be able to learn in buildings wholly powered by renewable energy. Now, in 2021, while they continue to support the Salt Lake students, these young activists are working with three new school districts—Granite, Davis, and Park City—to see similar results.

As a valued community partner, we invite you to sign up to receive regular updates about this exciting student-led movement to transition Utah schools to 100% Clean Energy. By signing on, you will recieve on-going updates from each student team, as well as outreach materials and toolkits to help amplify.

If you have any questions, contact Rebekah Ashley at rebekah.ashley@sierraclub.org, organizer at Sierra Club Utah Chapter.