The Global Challenge!

I gazed out of the window on my flight home with mixed feelings. It would be nice to see mom and fatty again… really great to be in my own bathroom – not to be shared with ten other girls - and my own bed. I was looking forward to telling friends and family about the Vermont experience! But a part of me didn’t want it all to end!

In the seven odd days I spent in Burlington, at the UVM campus, I packed in so many things I had never done before!
I got to experience life in a dorm…
I had the nicest roommate I could have asked for…
I became aware of biomass as a real and feasible energy source and have now become paranoid about energy conservation…
I got thrown in the lake and made a friend in the process…
I made friends from all over the world…
I saw a rainbow that was a perfect semi circle…
I learnt about electricity from a man wearing a rainbow coloured lab coat and a headband with coloured lights all around, in a way that involved blowing up a pickle and watching people’s hair stand on end…
I was part of the first group of teenagers to ever pelletise grass…
And I said so in front of the Governonr, the Senator and the US Ambassador to Switzerland!

It was an experience I will never get sick of talking about. And it’s an opportunity for anyone between the ages of 14 and 18! It gave me the desire to do something proactive about scientific issues that I care about, and has given me a platform to do it on! Anyone else interested? www.globalchallengeaward.org
Sign up for this year’s competition!! If I can win, you can!