When Emily Johnson is out and about, she knows she is succeeding on the job when a local student walks up and starts writhing in odd ways, often while making strange noises.
Parents and people walking by might wonder what the kids are up to, but Johnson recognizes one of the steps from the Sewage Shimmy — a teaching tool she created as part of the curriculum for the City of Bellingham’s “Water and Me” program.
Johnson, an environmental educator with the Bellingham Public Works Department in northwestern Washington, says the program is presented to about 1,000 fifth graders per year —
