Cafeteria Culture presents
Be inspired by youth to
take #plasticfree ACTION!
EARTH DAY/WEEK SCREENING! **watch for free all week** Sunday, April 18 - Friday, April 23 MICROPLASTIC MADNESS free on YouTube at CafCu Media |
HOST A SCREENING Spanish, English and Japanese subtitled versions available Free for Title One schools FREE REMOTE LEARNING RESOURCES ---> |
TAKE ACTION!
|
Straws by Request
Ask to bring NYC STRAWS BY REQUEST bill (int 936) up for a vote asap! details-> --Start a Straw-By-Request campaign in your city! |
more ZERO WASTE,
PLASTIC FREE ACTIONS!
see: Youth Action
on Plastic Pollution
NYC YOUTH CLIMATE STRIKE 9/20
|
Cafcu Youth Advocates
|
Free Educational Resources
Remote Learning resources->
Watch & share LITTER MONSTERS, made by 5th grade students
Be inspired by NYC youth to #BeatPlasticPollution Watch & share "Got Reusable Bags..." 7th grade students in Flatbush Watch: "Got Reusable Bags?" on Vimeo -> ; be inspired by 7th grade students from MS 246 Walt Whitman in E. Flatbush, Brooklyn! See more movies -> |
ZERO WASTE TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS
Students take on cafeteria leadership roles to oversee waste reduction, recycling, and composting, Watch on Youtube ->; Watch on Vimeo ->
|
Educators from around the world
are using our movies and toolkits
in classrooms, cafeterias, communities
and now as part of distance learning.
Find out why! ⬇︎
are using our movies and toolkits
in classrooms, cafeterias, communities
and now as part of distance learning.
Find out why! ⬇︎
FOLLOW US FOR UPDATES!
|
Youth-led
Advocacy + Victories
STYROFOAM OUT OF SCHOOLS
|
New York Bans Plastic Bags
|
Please donate
for innovative zero waste,
plastic free, climate education
for under-resourced schools and communities!
School Programs
Free Remote Learning resources ->
INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
and ACTION
Community Arts+Media
|
Middle School
|
Tokyo/NYC school
|
ZERO WASTE CAFETERIAS
and school communities
Youth lead zero waste pilots, audits and outreach
to scale up plastic free initiatives.
A recipe for change!
to scale up plastic free initiatives.
A recipe for change!
Cafeteria Rangers
|
ZERO WASTE INSPIRATION FROM JAPAN
SCHOOL LUNCH IN JAPAN
directed by Atsuko Quirk,
Cafeteria Culture Media Director
30 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube!!
Youth-made Impact Videos
(our Plastic Free Waters + Media school programs->)
more youth made videos on our YouTube channel ->
The Story of Aliana and Joe - plastic in fish?Watch on YouTube; Watch on Vimeo->
|
Journey of Plastic LitterWatch on YouTube; Watch on Vimeo->
|
Your tax-deductible donation supports innovative
zero waste, plastic free, and climate education,
in under resourced schools.
zero waste, plastic free, and climate education,
in under resourced schools.
In the News“I’ve learned a lot of things, not just the cycle of Styrofoam and plastics,” Dalencour told the RHSR. “I’ve also learned how to communicate with my peers better; I was kind of quiet, but it gave me a way to open up.” (read more ->) WNCY.org, April 23, 2018 Cafeteria Rangers Are Learning How to Reduce School Waste Cafeteria Rangers from PS 188 the Island School spoke with WNYC report Shumita Basu for Earth Day! WNYC.org - Morning Edition "I like it because we're helping the universe and we're being responsible." Ecowatch:
|
AccoladesMICROPLASTIC MADNESS wins Greenpoint Film Festival Grand Jury Award! September, 2020
Fifth grade students from PS 15 Patrick F Daly testify at a New York City Council hearing on wastewater treatment. Watch: Kids Exercise Democracy! 5th graders testify at City Hall on plastic litter and wastewater PS 15 Patrick F Daly 5th graders speak at the US EPA Region 2 on environmental justice and plastic pollution. (March, 2018)
PS/MS34 M - Cafcu students
|
Follow us!Stay up to date:
|