A city of Saskatoon funded project has challenged grade 4-to-8 students to start thinking about their environmental futures.

Student Action for a Sustainable Future projects created by over 300 students were on display today at the Western Development Museum.

They were asked to come up with methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve water and energy as well as reduce and divert waste.

The Education Coordinator for the Saskatchewan Environmental Society is impressed with the students’ ingenuity

Pam Belcher says each year they come up with creative solutions that haven’t been found before.

She credits the project’s ability to allow students to work on topics that interest them which can then be applied to their lives.

Projects presented included initiatives to decrease the use of single-use plastics, such as garbage-free lunches and finding alternatives to single-serving yogurt containers.

Waste audits and education reduced garbage production. In one school, this reduced garbage by 18%

An assessment of the food-production studied the potential for plants and fish sharing a common, pumped water supply and exchanging nutrients.

Other topics were transportation and biodiversity preservation.