Resources
For Site Administrators
K-8 Lunchtime Monitoring Program
Guide to ̽»¨app Waste Management System (Roles and Responsibilities)
For Teachers
- (5 minute sorting + discussion questions)
- ³§³Ù´Ç±è·É²¹²õ³Ù±ð’s classroom activity guide, with 24 standard-based lessons and five thematic units developed for educators teaching fourth and fifth grades.
For Parents and Green Teams
- : Guide on how to pack a zero-waste lunch.
- Contact the City of Berkeley if you would like outdoor waste station for your carnival or school event (hobermeit@cityofberkeley.info)
- : Resource about planning and executing a zero waste school event.
- The summarizes the problem of wasteful school events & introduces the solutions, with information from these .
- The gives a detailed list of possible products to use in a zero-waste school event.
Stopwaste Resources
is a public agency with the goal of reducing waste output in Alameda County through the 4 R’s, with variety of , in addition to their work with businesses and homes. Be on alert for upcoming events such as teacher trainings on their . For more updates, visit their or send an email to schools@stopwaste.org and request to be added to their email list.
- : Stopwaste offers a that allows schools to custom design their own signs with their own relevant example items.
- : Available to distribute to schools, community members and organizations working on reducing wasted food in schools
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- : Free for 4th graders
- : a program for fifth and sixth graders to investigate and address real environmental issues at your school and put the 4Rs into practice.
Other Organizations and Resources
- : Show this 7 minute video to students in elementary and middle schools for an introduction to the importance of sorting waste and diverting it from landfills.
- : Will collect trash items that aren’t usually recycled, and then reuse and recycle them.
- : Has resources and events to educate people and help reduce the amount of plastic and other trash that we use.
- : A large portion of their work involves educating customers and children about the recycling programs available to them.
- school assemblies with environmental education themes
- : Teacher Jackie O’Mania at Oxford Elementary taught math and science through reducing waste in her classroom to a single quart for the whole year.