- Dow and WE challenge the next
generation of young leaders to solve local and global issues
through new WE Are Innovators campaign
- Winning applications awarded grants to
bring their innovative projects to life or further their service
learning through immersive volunteer trips to Ecuador
The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and WE, an organization that
makes doing good, doable, are excited to announce the winners of
the inaugural WE Are Innovators campaign, challenging youth
to tackle today’s daunting issues of food waste, the environment
and more by applying chemistry, science and innovation.
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Youth from across America and beyond submitted applications to
the campaign, sharing how they would apply science and chemistry to
make life-changing impacts on today’s major issues. Seven schools
received transformative grants to bring their social innovation to
life. Additionally, 17 students and educators were awarded the
opportunity to gain hands-on volunteer experience on a
service-learning trip in Ecuador with WE. Highlights from the
winning applications include:
Robert Brownyn, Midland High School, Midland, MI
Passionate about clean water and food sustainability, Robert is
awarded the opportunity to join WE and Dow on a volunteer trip to
Ecuador thanks to his innovative water conservation system and
school garden model. The water system will gather and filter
rainwater to be bottled and distributed to local community members
who currently lack access to fresh drinking water. A school garden
will also be implemented campus wide to inspire sustainable food
practices, moving away from disposable snacks and replaced with
healthy, waste conscious options available at the school’s
cafeteria.
Students of Pottstown Middle School, Pottstown, PA
Tackling the issue of water and environmental sustainability,
Pottstown Middle School is awarded a $5,000 grant towards the
construction of a riparian buffer installation in Pottstown’s
Memorial Park, home to the Manatawny Creek with damaged and
polluted water banks as a result of frequent community use. A
riparian buffer installed at bank edges without plants or large
rocks leaving soil bare will help improve water quality by
intercepting pesticides, sediments and help stabilize the water
bank.
Jared Dalyn, MSA West High School, Plaquemine, LA
Responding to the issue of food waste, Jared is awarded the
opportunity to join WE and Dow on a volunteer trip to Ecuador
thanks to his initiative to build a sustainable school garden and
compost site. Fruits, vegetables and compost garnered from Jared’s
initiatives will then be sold to local vendors, with the profit
donated back into the community. For maximum impact, Jared will
also galvanize the community to support his project by illustrating
the effects of food waste and offer daily tips to reduce waste.
Students of Brazosport High School, Freeport, TX
Taking on the issue of environmental protection, Brazosport High
School is awarded a $2,500 grant for introducing community
innovation through their design of a native prairie land in an
urban setting. Their innovation will reintroduce native plants to
the area and attract local wildlife that have been displaced due to
seasonal droughts and harsh winters. The space will serve a dual
purpose as an integrative outdoor learning area for all students to
enjoy.
Kanyanisa Narksawat, Rayongwittayakom School, Rayong
Province, Thailand
To elevate STEM education and protect the environment, Kanyanisa
has proposed the invention of a biogas system from the food waste
in school. The new biogas system design will help the school save
the cost of cooking gas and will generate the organic fertilizer
for the school’s vegetable farm and garden. They can enhance their
STEM learning to build the user-friendly biogas system, and this
knowledge will be shared and leveraged to other schools and
neighbor communities. Kanyanisa is awarded a $1,500 grant for her
school and a volunteer trip to Ecuador for one teacher and two
students.
While taking on this audacious challenge, young change-makers
had access to a WE Are Innovators toolkit. Complete with
online resources, the toolkit also included mentorship with WE
employees and coaching sessions with Dow science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) Ambassadors, a group of employees
invested in engaging students in STEM.
“The goal of WE Are Innovators is to empower all youth to
use their STEM skills to innovate solutions for today’s and
tomorrow’s challenges,” said Jim Fitterling, Dow CEO. “Dow believes
it is critical to inspire a steady pipeline of innovative and
competitive future leaders who believe in the importance of
innovation, sustainability, and serving their communities to
improve society locally and globally. Our partnership with WE, and
the We Are Innovators campaign, brings STEM to life in
schools and introduces how science – when combined with critical
thinking and creative problem-solving – can change the world.”
"It is an incredible moment to honor our very first group of
WE Are Innovators awardees," said Craig Kielburger,
co-founder of WE. "We are thrilled to partner with Dow to recognize
these young change-makers who are leading this generation into a
more sustainable future with their creativity and innovation. Each
winner has an unwavering commitment and focus on tackling today’s
most challenging issues through STEM solutions and we look forward
to supporting them as they continue to use science for social
good."
In its first year, the campaign was piloted in Midland, Mich.;
Plaquemine, La.; Pottstown, Pa.; Freeport, Texas and in the Rayong
Province in Thailand. Dow and WE will be expanding the WE Are
Innovators campaign, opening the challenge to all interested
schools for participation – to be launched in Fall 2018.
About Dow
The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) combines science and technology
knowledge to develop premier materials science solutions that are
essential to human progress. Dow has one of the strongest and
broadest toolkits in the industry, with robust technology, asset
integration, scale and competitive capabilities that enable it to
address complex global issues. Dow’s market-driven,
industry-leading portfolio of advanced materials, industrial
intermediates, and plastics businesses deliver a broad range of
differentiated technology-based products and solutions for
customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure,
and consumer care. Dow is a subsidiary of DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP), a
holding company comprised of Dow and DuPont with the intent to form
three strong, independent, publicly traded companies in
agriculture, materials science and specialty sectors. More
information can be found at www.dow.com
About WE
WE is a family of organizations making doing good, doable. WE is
made up of WE Charity, empowering domestic and international
change, ME to WE, a social enterprise that creates socially
conscious products and experiences to help support the charity, and
WE Day, filling stadiums around the world with the greatest
celebration of social good. WE enables youth and families to better
the world – supporting 2,500+ local and global causes by
volunteering millions of hours of service, shopping daily with an
impact, and raising millions of dollars that directly benefit their
local communities and the world. Globally, our teams in Asia,
Africa, and Latin America have provided more than 1 million people
with clean water, built 1,000 schools and schoolrooms overseas, and
empowered more than 200,000 children with access to education. WE
was founded more than 20 years ago by social entrepreneurs,
brothers Craig and Marc Kielburger. Join the movement today at
WE.org.
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