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Memes About Climate Change Help Teens Laugh About Their Fears.

Posted by DSST Public Schools on 03/05/20

CPR:

Once a week at lunch hour, Palmer High School’s Climate Club gets together to talk big ideas. Sophomore Taylor Saulsbury leads the group of Colorado Springs students on climate strike plans, and thoughts on how to get plastic utensils out of the cafeteria. 

“I think it's become a major part of my life,“ Taylor said. “It's sad, and it's also empowering at the same time.”

Taylor started the school’s climate club after feeling depressed about climate change. But before she started the club, she made an Instagram account. It’s called Palmer Planet. Taylor has made and shared memes, “to get at [her] generation.”

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