Going green is more than just a motto for one area school, students are making sure that is a way of life. St. Mary's School in Metamora turned its yearly science fair into an environmentally conscious event.

13-year-old St. Mary's student Sarah Velling isn't pedaling on this bike to stay in shape. Sarah is showing science fair goers the difference in energy it takes to use a compact fluorescent light bulb compared to an incandescent light bulb.

"I think it's really important that we get these students interested at this level because it has to be taken care of in our future because these will be the guys that are doing it," St. Mary's Science Teacher Linda Adams says.

Janet Velling, Sarah's mother, volunteers with school and plays a key role in making sure St. Mary's is doing its part to make the world a better place.

"We need to take care of our environment. I mean it's in the Bible we a supposed to be good stewards of the earth and I feel that's what we're doing here at St. Mary's," Velling says.

Sarah Velling may not be quoting the Bible like her mother but she does know what kind of world she wants to live in.

"When I grow up, I don't want to live in a place where gas is really expensive and there is a lot of pollution. I want to live in a place where it's nice like today," Sarah says.

In order to make Sarah Velling's wish a reality her mother Janet Velling helped St. Mary's sell more than two thousand CFL Light bulbs in the community. And according to their numbers, selling those CFL bulbs means St. Mary's has rid the atmosphere of one million pounds of carbon dioxide.