The Sustainability Club, headed by Alex Zhang ’26 and Thomas Danahy ’26, completed their first cleanups of this school year. Ten upper-schoolers got together to pick up trash at Mystic Lake in Medford and the Middlesex Fells Reservation in Winchester on November 17th. Initiatives like Sustainability Club cleanups are the perfect way to get out there and take action in a fun and productive manner. According to Thomas, the Sustainability Club was “able to make a big impact at both the Fells and Mystic Lakes and I was super proud of the group’s hard work.” Alex also commented on volunteer turnout: “It was really great to see how many people came to help clean up the Winchester community. I’m really proud of all our guys, and especially those who came and live really far away. We ended up picking up around 75 pounds of trash…Next cleanup we plan to collaborate with another school, so stay tuned.”
A new goal of the club is high engagement with the sustainability efforts of other schools. Recently leaders of several “green” clubs from ISL schools—including SCHOOL and SCHOOL—came together to form the Independent School Environmental Partnership. Amassing a larger group with different perspectives will expand Belmont Hill’s plans to positively impact the environment. The Sustainability Club urges all Belmont Hill students to consider what they can do to make Belmont Hill and the local community an ecologically friendly place.
Indresh Chandel