On April 22 Woodstock students joined with students and other concerned world citizens to celebrate Earth Day as part of Woodstock's efforts to address environmental issues both locally and globally.

The High School invited the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF - formerly the World Wildlife Fund) to do a presentation about environmental challenges facing India specifically. The following Sunday the offering taken at chapel was donated to WWF. Middle Schoolers donned bright orange gloves and cleaned up trash along Tehri road near the bazaar. Much of the trash was sent to be recycled. The elementary school hiked around the school property looking for plants or animals to sketch. Together their drawings make up an "environmental quilt" posted in the elementary school.

This is all part of a years' long effort to help students become aware of environmental issues facing the world today and to take specific actions in response to what they learn. Look for more information about all we've done this year in the next issue of Brown and Gold.