Through The Welman Project, Two Fort Worth Women Lead Effort To Reduce Waste, Help Teachers

Arlington TX

18 February, 2022

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By Kristen Barton, Fort Worth Report February 17, 2022 Vanessa Barker and Taylor Willis met each other in preschool, but they didn't realize it until Willis found a class photo at Barker's house while at a sixth-grade sleepover in 1994. A year later, they were seventh-graders in Blake Sills' science class, and their love for the environment began. Willis later had him in high school environmental science, where she and Barker joined an environmentalist club. They started nurturing their love for the planet years ago, and that love has only grown. Now, they're running The Welman Project, a nonprofit that opened in 2015 with the mission of reusing materials for classrooms to prevent more waste in landfills. "(Sills) was just so passionate about science and about teaching how to take care of the earth," Willis said. "And that, even as students, we can make a big difference in our world." To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.