Updates:

• 5/18: The 6th graders met during tutorial and learned about students taking the following actions;

  • Interviewing cafeteria workers about practices currently in place that are good for the environment

  • Designing and beginning to implement competitions to incentivize less use of plastics, improve composting practices, and decrease the amount of food waste

  • Designing a survey to gage interest and knowledge of using compostable plastic utensils

  • Researching alternatives to plastic utensils and presenting to the cafeteria staff

• 5/19: email from Ms. Silva about the problematic bin outside of the cafeteria

  • Can we do something about this?????

• 5/20: Clara has written an email to Mr. Simonetti and asked for the recycling bin outside the cafeteria to be relocated. 

• 5/21: Check out Gao's Form

• 5/21: Email egraunke@fwparker.org for starting the food waste competition in your grade at your table

• 5/21: Mr. Simonetti responded about the recycling bin outside of the cafeteria and connected us with Ms. Elliott and Mr. Bigelow (leads of the Environmental Committee on Student Government and Climate and Sustainability Committee). We are hoping to get a meeting with the new chef to talk about sustainability efforts in the cafeteria. 

• 5/27: Freddie, Tate, Vir, Cyrus and Juju presented their ideas for recyclable utensils for the cafeteria to Keisha

Some images so far: