Centaurus High School International Baccalaureate Graduate Wins AREDAY Climate and Energy Literacy Award

Milena Zoya van der Veen earned her International Baccalaureate degree in 2010 from Centaurus High School in Lafayette, Colorado.  Born in Paris and raised in Colorado, Milena's interests include art, international affairs, sustainability, marketing and psychology.  She has been accepted in the International Business program at Copenhagen School of Business in Denmark, where she will major in interdisciplinary Environmental Studies. The award was presented by James Cameron at the AREDAY 2010 Conference in Aspen in late August.  The paper was also her submitted Extended Essay for the IB Diploma.

Read her paper titled:

The Carbon Footprint of Living the American Dream in Lafayette, Colorado
Does the American Dream Need To Be Reinvented In
The Era Of Climate Change?