A Cafeteria Culture production
Directed and Produced by Atsuko Quirk and Debby Lee Cohen
Featuring
P.S. 15 Brooklyn 5th graders and experts,
Judith Enck, Dr. Marcus Eriksen, Rachael Z. Miller, and Dr. Chelsea M. Rochman
Directed and Produced by Atsuko Quirk and Debby Lee Cohen
Featuring
P.S. 15 Brooklyn 5th graders and experts,
Judith Enck, Dr. Marcus Eriksen, Rachael Z. Miller, and Dr. Chelsea M. Rochman
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The StoryMicroplastic Madness is the story of 56 fifth graders from P.S. 15 in Red Hook, Brooklyn - living on the frontline of the climate crisis - whose actions on plastic pollution morph into extraordinary leadership and scalable victories. With stop-motion animation, heartfelt kid commentary, and interviews of experts and renowned scientists who are engaged in the most cutting edge research on the harmful effects of microplastics, this alarming, yet charming narrative, conveys an urgent message in user-friendly terms. These eleven year olds dive deep into the root causes of plastic pollution. Taking on the roles of citizen scientists and community advocates, they collect local data, lead community outreach, and use their own local data to inform policy by testifying and rallying at City Hall. Then they turned their focus back to school, taking action in their cafeteria to eliminate all single-use plastic! Created to inspire kids, teachers and policy makers alike, this is the spark needed to grow a youth-led Plastic Free Future movement in schools across the world! |
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Microplastic Madness Toolkit for a plastic free future links youth activism to three of the most critical issues of our time: plastic pollution, the climate crisis and environmental justice. (Get it->) Cafeteria Culture's toolkit provides students and school communities with the resources to lead Plastic Free Lunch Day and other plastic free campaigns, working towards eliminating all single-use plastic packaging in schools and increasing awareness of the plastic pollution/climate crisis connection.
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About CAFETERIA CULTURE
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Cafeteria Culture was founded as the grassroots STYROFOAM OUT OF SCHOOLS campaign in 2009. Students, parents and school food directors came together to find creative solutions to rid NYC school cafeterias of 850,000 styrofoam trays thrown away per day. The result: VICTORY! Working together, we catalyzed the complete elimination of a half a BILLION styrofoam trays per year from incinerators, landfills and student meals in schools across the US. Together, we can win this next environmental and health victory and dramatically decrease single-use plastics in school cafeterias everywhere! |
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