The Botany and Biscuits club, ran by President Aisla Mallett (12), provides a space at Dos Pueblos High School for students to discuss environmental topics while enjoying baked goods. Inspired by her love of nature, Mallett started the club this school year with a group of friends. Meetings take place every Monday at lunch in H-26.

“I really enjoy the environment, taking nature walks, and I’ve done projects on pollution, so I thought that was really important, especially for our community,” Mallett said.

Mallett said the club is a way to make Mondays easier, since she felt they were hard and “often uneventful,” and that adding baked goods to the mix could help.

In addition to lunch meetings, club members are able to earn community service hours by attending monthly activities that aim to benefit Goleta’s environment.

“We do trail clean ups once a month at a designated trail for three or four hours,” Mallett said. “We’re planning to start gardening soon.”

This school year, Mallett said she hopes the club can accomplish more trail clean ups and bring in more underclassmen.

“I’m graduating this year, and a lot of the other [members] are juniors this year, so they’ll be graduating next year,” Mallett said. “I’d like to get younger grades more involved with the club, just so it passes down.”

Olivia Farley (12) is a member of Botany and Biscuits. She said that it’s different from the other clubs she attends at DPHS.

“It probably has the most interest; I see the most people there,” Farley said. “I feel like there’s also more solid activities, like actual things to do.”

Mallett said she hopes to foster a positive space with this club, where a good mindset is encouraged and people can have fun.