YELC in the Antelope Valley 1/21/12

Approximately 70 students from Antelope Valley schools participated in the AV Youth Environmental Leadership Conference at Mariposa Elementary School on Saturday, 21 January 2012, presented by MEEC and sponsored by area companies such as Boeing and Lockheed.  Thirteen teams from middle and high schools took part in a general session presentation by Joel Greene of PBS Curiosity Quest fame (http://www.curiosityquest.org/whos.html ), followed by break-out sessions on Robotics, Recycling, Water, Energy, Women in Mining, and School Gardening, among others.  The theme for the event was STEM service learning, and teams must complete projects over the year in order to receive seed funding.