Baywood Green Team Changemakers 
- 75 Students
- 5 report(s)
- 0 lbs CO2e saved
Step 1: Perform a Baseline Assessment
Or
If you have already started a waste reduction initiative at your school, provide a brief description of the initial problem you observed.
OOS Waste Walk through (lunch area only) and Lunchtime Waste Audit
Baywood Green Team Changemakers
Baywood Elementary
San Mateo-Foster City
Step 2: Create an Action Plan to obtain GSS certification
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If you already started a waste reduction initiative, report on what action project(s) you have completed and how you implemented this project at your school.
Baywood Green Team Changemakers
Baywood Elementary
San Mateo-Foster City
Step 3: Complete the Action Projects identified in your Action Plan (must do at least one)
Or
If you already started a waste reduction initiative, report on what action project(s) you have completed and how you implemented this project at your school.
Baywood Changemakers Take Charge!
Baywood Green Team Changemakers
Baywood Elementary
San Mateo-Foster City
Step 4: Do a Follow-up Assessment and / or report on the actions taken by your class to conserve resources and reduce C02e. Include the numbers here in this step, such as the amount of paper recycled over 30 days.
Baywood Changemakers - Post Waste Assessment
Baywood Green Team Changemakers
Baywood Elementary
San Mateo-Foster City
Step 5: Celebrate and Share your project(s)
Baywood Changemakers Virtual Celebration
Baywood Green Team Changemakers
Baywood Elementary
San Mateo-Foster City
Baywood Changemakers Take Charge!
June 4 2020
"Our Green Team officially launched our waste sorting program at lunch in October 2019. On the first day of sorting, we reduced our garbage production to 1 bag of garbage per lunch period!" -- Deb Robert, Assistant Principal
Summary
The Office of Sustainability helped us launch our work with a 4 Rs assembly, and helped us build common language and practices. During the assembly, Esme emphasized the "why" and connected our work to Baywood's "changemaker" model. Students left the assembly feeling motivated to create change at our school and to have a positive impact on the environment.
After the assembly we put sign-up posters up in the MPR for interested 3rd-5th grade students to help with sorting at lunch. We had an astonishing number of students sign up - over 60!
Our Green Team officially launched our waste sorting program at lunch on October 21,2019. On the first day of sorting, we reduced our garbage production to 1 bag of garbage per lunch period! The Rethink Waste team and OOS, were on site everyday from 10/21 - 11/1 to help teachers, lunch aides, students and Green Team find best practices as with new sorting set-ups, help Green Team bin monitors and answer sorting questions from students and the school community.
Photos
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Waste Diversion Kick-Off and First Week of Sorting |
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