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title: "'A livable future': Denver students push sustainability policies"
description: News:DPS Students for Climate Action has been working on a set of new policies for a year, which the board are expected to pass.
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# ['A livable future': Denver students push sustainability policies](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/a-livable-future-denver-students-push-sustainability-policies)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 05/03/22

Denver Public Schools has one electric school bus, solar panels in 46 locations, and 126 school and community gardens. But students are pushing the district to do more and become a national leader on climate action, sustainability, and environmental justice.

“I really want to ensure a livable future for me and my generation,” Amelia Fernández Rodríguez, a freshman at DSST: Conservatory Green high school, recently told the school board. She is a member of a group called [DPS Students for Climate Action](https://www.dpsclimateaction.org/).

Read the full [Chalkbeat story here](https://co.chalkbeat.org/2022/4/20/23032671/denver-public-schools-climate-action-policy-students-school-board).

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