Join NYC, San Diego, Dallas, Chicago, Baltimore, Portland OR & schools across the US for #PlasticFreeLunch Day USA —April 19 or any day this month! Everyone is invited - schools, gov agencies, businesses! Action ideas, movies & free resources: plasticfreelunch.org 1/2

Thank you Baltimore City Public Schools for joining the national #plasticfreelunch day of action and for supporting sustainability and waste equity in the great city of Baltimore! Brandon M. Scott Urban School Food Alliance #Youth4Climate

Students at PS 15 in Red Hook recently performed a "waste audit" in partnership with Cafeteria Culture (CafCu). 
It's one of our many environmentally sustainable practices that we follow every day in the NYC Public Schools. 
In our schools, every day is #EarthDay!

A #plasticfree school lunch movement is spreading across the US! Thank you to Urban School Food Alliance members -NYC Public Schools San Diego Unified Dallas ISD Baltimore City Public Schools CPS - Chicago Public Schools & Miami-Dade Schools for participating - & to PS15Brooklyn 5th graders who started it all! 10tv.com/video/news/nat…

I'm so proud to have made the Open Streets program permanent and love working with local public space advocates to rethink how we interact with the built environment + each other. I encourage you to submit testimony and tune into hearing at 10 a.m. today rules.cityofnewyork.us/rule/open-stre…

“Bird populations are in decline. It’s estimated that over the last 50 years we’ve lost 3 billion birds. Turning out the lights, it’s an easy step NY’ers can take.” #LightsOutNYC ⁦Council Member Francisco Moya⁩ ⁦⁦@NYCAudubon⁩ ⁦⁦Wild Bird Fund⁩ gothamist.com/news/quarter-m…

With #microplastics a growing health concern, accrediting labs for microplastics testing in drinking water is a key first step. The State Water Board recently approved world's 1st environmental lab accreditation program for microplastics testing. More: bit.ly/3D3ADYj

Join us & @TualatinRiver for an inspiring talk abt #plastichealth impacts & local river actions. 🗓️Wed, June 14th, 7pm PT (10pm ET) ➡️ Free! bit.ly/3N2FQUR Jenny Davies, MD MPH JD, CafCu Public & Environmental Health Director, gives the real scoop! #plasticpollutes

"We must pass the Community Land Act." NYC Council Member Carlina Rivera & Council Member Lincoln Restler are right. We need housing that's for the people, owned by the people. #CLTsforNYC gothamgazette.com/130-opinion/12…

How Plastics Are Poisoning Us | The New Yorker. Great piece by ⁦Elizabeth Kolbert⁩ who will be speaking on July 12 7pm free webinar register at beyondplastics.org newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

A phrase you're going to be hearing a lot from now on: "We're entering uncharted territory." nytimes.com/2023/07/12/cli…

Bump up your #PlasticFreeJuly! Individual action is good but collective action can lead to systemic change. See how 5th graders did it, from #plasticpollution data to leading a #plasticfreelunch day that spread across the US! Watch for Free thru Sun night bit.ly/MicroplasticMad

Positive news! Court rules that youth have the constitutional right to a healthful environment and that regulators must be allowed to consider climate! Huge congrats to these amazing youth & Our Children's Trust. Can't wait for more youth victories! #youth4climate nytimes.com/2023/08/14/us/…

"The US accounts for more than a third of the expansion of global oil and gas production planned by mid-century, despite its claims of climate leadership. Canada and Russia have the next biggest expansion plans, followed by Iran, China and Brazil." (1/2) theguardian.com/environment/20…

I’ve completed the #HudsonSwim2023! 315 miles from source to sea. People have fought for 50 years to get this river clean. And today she is beautiful. I will never forget the wildlife. The bald eagles, the vultures, the beavers and black bears. So this is my message 🏊‍♂️👇🏞️ The

PLASTIC FREE LUNCH DAY is back on Nov 8th! Join students across the US for this national day of #plasticfree action. Everyone is invited: schools, colleges, gov, orgs, businesses! Take 1 action or do it all. Movies, lessons, flyers: plasticfreelunch.org #plasticfreelunch 1/2

It’s Plastic Free Lunch Day! Students and school nutrition professionals join forces again for the 3rd national Plastic Free Lunch Day, a growing movement to ditch single-use plastics. plasticfreelunch.org It’s never too late to take #plasticfreelunch action!

It is unconscionable for the Adams administration to balance the budget on the backs of New York City students especially when it comes to the food our students eat in school. See my statement below⤵️

Reduce #PlasticWaste in your school cafeteria with a simple student-led #WasteAudit. NYC PS34M #5thgraders collected data to share w kitchen staff & accelerate change! Movies, lessons, & more: plasticfreelunch.org #plasticfreelunch  #breakfreefromplastic #youth4climate

🗓️Wed, April 3 is the next NYC School #plasticfreelunch day! K-12 teachers, get ready with a free screening of our award winning movie MICROPLASTIC MADNESS. 📢National Plastic Free Lunch Day - April 17-24 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…