Earth Week 2006
In April 2006, the Gunn Environmental Club and the Gunn Organic Club collaborated to put on Gunn's first ever Earth Week. The activities ran April 17-21 and included a wealth of lunchtime activities, including:
- A solar cooking demonstration on the quad and a raffle for two solar-cooking cookbooks
- A free cloth bag giveaway (bags provided by the City of Palo Alto)
- A screening of a film about recycling electronics (provided by Los Altos-based company GreenCitizen
- A speech by Palo Alto City Councilman Peter Drekmeier in the Student Activites Center with free refreshments donated by local food vendors
- A hands-on demonstration of an exercise bike that powers both incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs
- Free samples of organic and local food
- Nalgene reusable water bottle sale
- An environmental photo exhibit
On Saturday, April 22, the club co-hosted an Earth Day electronics recycling event with GreenCitizen, Inc. The Environmental Club received 10% of the profits. Announcements like this one ran in many PAUSD school newsletters.
Earth Week 2007
In 2007, the two clubs collaborated once again to put on the second annual Earth Week. The week was similar to the week before.
Press coverage about Earth Week:
Recycling AwarenessPalo Alto Daily, April 4, 2006
Gunn Students Go Green Palo Alto Daily News, April 17, 2006
Earth Week At Gunn Palo Alto Weekly, April 19, 2006
Solar Lunch Palo Alto Weekly, April 21, 2006
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes, Palo Alto Weekly, April 21, 2006