Travel, family lead high schooler to tackle environmental issues
Sierra Adler went climbing glaciers in Sweden and Norway when she was nine years old. At Realms of Inquiry, her middle school, she made a personal connection between glacier reduction and the glacier that she climbed.
She has always been surrounded by environmentalism. Her father is an environmental law professor, and her mother does environmental-related mediations. Hiking, camping, traveling and experiencing the outdoors has given her a healthy respect for the Earth.
“I can’t not be involved because it is so important,” says Adler who is a youth spokesperson for imatter march in Utah.
Her father told her about imatter and she wanted to get involved if she could, so she went to the meeting.
“I loved it and kept going,” says Adler. “I like their message and what it’s all about.”
As part of imatter, Adler had had to work on her public speaking skills and become more of an extrovert. The group has petitioned the governor and five state agencies. Adler spoke to the air quality board and has done “a lot of interviews.”
She knows that in her work with imatter, she should expect rejection. She has been encouraged by the response that the group has gotten, even when people have decided not to help the cause.
“I try and use it as more reason to fight harder,” says Adler. “It’s not something I am willing to give up on.
Adler plays bass with the School of Rock and went to Togo in Africa to work at an orphanage for a month over the summer of 2011.
Adler, 16, is a senior in high school taking advanced placement and International Baccalaureate classes and is looking to attend Pitzer College in California because the college’s five key values “line up perfectly” with her values. The program includes Human Sciences, Environmental Studies and Activism.
She is a vegetarian, influenced by the movie “Food, Inc.,” and now realizes “it is a lot more sustainable than eating meat.”
This article was originally published at examiner.com.
She has always been surrounded by environmentalism. Her father is an environmental law professor, and her mother does environmental-related mediations. Hiking, camping, traveling and experiencing the outdoors has given her a healthy respect for the Earth.
“I can’t not be involved because it is so important,” says Adler who is a youth spokesperson for imatter march in Utah.
Her father told her about imatter and she wanted to get involved if she could, so she went to the meeting.
“I loved it and kept going,” says Adler. “I like their message and what it’s all about.”
As part of imatter, Adler had had to work on her public speaking skills and become more of an extrovert. The group has petitioned the governor and five state agencies. Adler spoke to the air quality board and has done “a lot of interviews.”
She knows that in her work with imatter, she should expect rejection. She has been encouraged by the response that the group has gotten, even when people have decided not to help the cause.
“I try and use it as more reason to fight harder,” says Adler. “It’s not something I am willing to give up on.
Adler plays bass with the School of Rock and went to Togo in Africa to work at an orphanage for a month over the summer of 2011.
Adler, 16, is a senior in high school taking advanced placement and International Baccalaureate classes and is looking to attend Pitzer College in California because the college’s five key values “line up perfectly” with her values. The program includes Human Sciences, Environmental Studies and Activism.
She is a vegetarian, influenced by the movie “Food, Inc.,” and now realizes “it is a lot more sustainable than eating meat.”
This article was originally published at examiner.com.