Thank you for wanting to bring Food Waste Awareness to your school!
Below are some sites to find free lesson plans and other information. Start to introduce the problem of food waste and solutions that have been tested in other schools. Reach out to your local programs and neighboring schools ~ trust me, their sustainability person is happy to talk to you!
- Be a Food Waste Warrior with the WWF. Lots of teacher resources!
- ReFed is a great organization to read articles on current businesses and policies working to reduce or repurpose food waste.
- Republic Services Virtual Field Trips of Landfills and Recycling Centers.
- Center for Green Schools.
- Carton Council can help get milk carton recycling in the school.
- Teracycle is a great company to purchase boxes that you can send hard to recycle items in!
- Cornell has a great website for food waste reduction too!
Random Stuff for locals in El Paso County, CO
- Manitou Springs is the first Pollinator District! They are working with the Butterfly Pavilion. Check it out if you are headed towards Denver or check out the pollinators in Manitou Springs this summer.
- Recycle Colorado has a YouTube Channel!
- Colorado State Sustainability Programs
Colorado Resources
For the Eastern USA:
- Look up the North East Recycling Council (NERC). The link takes you to recorded webinars that might help you on your journey 🙂