| Green Travel News |
Southwest Airlines is spending the summer on 40 green projects to celebrate its 40th anniversary. High school and college students from the Student Conservation Association 
(SCA) will travel in a custom-designed Southwest Airlines biodiesel RV. During the tour, the RV will stop in 25 cities, joining Southwest employees and community members in conservation projects across the country.
Southwest is calling it the Conservation In Action Tour: 40 Projects for 40 Years.
The tour kicks off in the airline’s hometown of Dallas. More than 700 Southwest employees from all across the system will take part in conservation projects at the Texas Trees Foundation, Trinity River Audubon Center and Rochester Park.
“SCA is proud to join Southwest Airlines in spreading the word and the practice of hands-on conservation,” says SCA’s Dale M. Penny. “These projects will generate immediate benefits to the communities we visit, and in the long-term they will promote ongoing stewardship and sustainability. That’s a real win-win for all.”
SCA is a nonprofit organization that provides students aged 15–25 with hands-on conservation service opportunities. Their members protect and restore national parks, marine sanctuaries, cultural landmarks and community green spaces in all 50 states.
