Barrington students form climate change group to BEE eco-friendly

On Aug. 5, the student-run group will travel to Washington, D.C., to receive the President’s Environmental Youth Award from the Environmental Protection Agency in Region 1, a prize more often won by their Massachusetts peers.

The last Rhode Island team to win the PEYA award did it in 2010, when Westerly Innovation Network/Westerly Middle School’s Project T.G.I.F. won for their project, “Turn Grease Into Fuel.’’

Pautz and Goblick, who are going to be seniors this fall, spoke with the Globe ahead of their trip to the nation’s capital about the inspiration for their activism, their work to combat climate change and educate the public, and their goals for BEE.

Read the conversation here.

Check out the BEE website here.