Growing up in Hamlin, a small town near Lake Ontario, Seth Pray looked forward to winter skiing. But the outings became fewer as the snow melted more quickly. Now a high school junior, he said he began researching climate change solutions after noticing the weather impacts.
Such research is what brought Pray and 30 other students to The Wild Center’s Youth Climate Leadership Retreat in early August. Campers stayed at the Rock-E House near North Country School in Lake Placid for four days to workshop climate action plans. By the end, each had an item on their to-do list. Plans ranged from building a schoolwide garden or teaching younger students about
