Teen Makes Tree Hugging Cool
Stone Mountain resident Courtney Scott has planted more than 800 trees across Dekalb County.
"I'm kind of known as the tree hugging, environmental girl at my school," said Courtney Scott, a rising senior at Tucker High School who received a grant to plant 1,000 trees. Scott, who lives in Stone Mountain, has always been interested in animals and wildlife and last year began thinking about starting a tree planting project at her high school early last year. She saw the posting for a grant on Planet Connect, a social networking site that teaches high school students about environmental issues, and decided to apply. Since being awarded the grant in February, Scott has been busy gathering friends, family and classmates to share their weekends with her and plant trees at parks around DeKalb County. To date she has planted 827 trees, …
