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Young Voices lead the way to Zero Waste in schools.
DESCRIPTION
Our proposal is designed to demonstrate how students can understand, create, and implement programs and actions that are designed to achieve zero waste goals. To accomplish this, three students will be presenting to explain how they have achieved significant waste reduction, not only at their school site, but for other community organizations as well.
An 8thgrade middle school student will discuss how the student led OC Recycles program, managed by an IEP English class, grew from starting a new recycling program, to the creation and implementation of a school site zero waste plan and program that has been embraced by the School District.
A 4thgrade elementary school student will discuss how the Recycling is OK program, designed and run by students, became the model for a “recycling consulting business”.
A 6thgrade elementary school student will discuss the district wide compost program that diverts over 80% of the food waste from lunch.
Attendees will see how the three programs presented, produce data that is provided to the city in order to meet diversion goals as well as education and outreach requirements.
Attendees to this session will see the results of three very successful school programs, as presented by the students involved. This will come from the information provided, as well as a demonstration that a new generation is passionate, educated and experienced in making the reality of zero waste an effort that will be achieved… with their help.
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![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1db636055329c20eb1c4695148ccc601.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Taylor Hacker, Oak Crest Middle School")
Taylor Hacker, Oak Crest Middle School
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Student
Speaker Biography
Taylor Hacker attended Oak Crest Middle School for two years. Taylor was a product of Encinitas Union School District's award-winning waste diversion program and helped his middle school transition toward Zero Waste. He is a former Stormwater Pollution Prevention Intern and an experienced speaker for environmental stewardship programs.
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Taylor will discuss how the student-led OC Recycles program, managed in a Fundamental English class, collected data each week about recycling and trash volumes, along with contamination. He will detail how middle school students wrote a zero waste plan and have successfully transitioned the school site from plastic straws to paper. He'll also talk about how, with the help of EDCO, students switched the campus to 1:1 recycling; and through TerraCycle, students implemented chip bags and coffee capsule recycling. With the student-driven Zero Waste Plan fully implemented, Oak Crest Middle School would be on track to divert 95% of the waste generated each school year.
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b198a5cc160b8f7dd4cbf1cbda95d038.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Drew Larsen, Ocean Knoll Elementary School")
Drew Larsen, Ocean Knoll Elementary School
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Student
Speaker Biography
I am a 4th grade student at Ocean Knoll Elementary School. I have spoken at the Green School Conference in Pasadena. I am actively involved at my school and am an intern in the Water Management Internship program. I have been collecting recyclables at our school the entire year, and I really like doing it.
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As a 4th grade elementary school student, I will discuss how the Recycling is OK program, designed and run by students, became the model for a “recycling consulting business”. This year, me and thirty one 4thgrade students, created a business plan which started with going off-site to the Magdalena Ecke YMCA, and collecting data about their existing recycling efforts. With this data, we, the 4thgrade consultants evaluated and designed an improved system to increase recycling at the “Y”. These recommendations were presented to the YMCA Board and demonstrated how the ‘Y” could improve recycle rates from 10% to over 60%.
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8e1358d210582c993a4dc9a725d8c890.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Maya Faris, Capri Elementary School")
Maya Faris, Capri Elementary School
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Student
Speaker Biography
Maya is a 6th grade student at Capri Elementary School. She has been involved in waste diversion since kindergarten. She is a senior Stormwater Pollution Prevention Intern. As a 6th grade student Maya was part of a team supervising lunchtime waste diversion and food scrap composting. Maya has advocated for her student work in stormwater protection in several public forums.
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Maya will discuss EUSD's award-winning waste diversion program responsible for diverting over 80% of lunchtime waste from the landfill. The program includes both static compost systems as well as vermicomposting to utilize all food scraps generated during lunchtime.
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![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/03a04252cce643b85bfd451ab0df7507.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Alice Larsen, Ocean Knoll Elementary School")
Alice Larsen, Ocean Knoll Elementary School
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Teacher
Moderator Biography
Alice is a waste diversion champion for Encinitas Union School District, a National Green Ribbon School District. Working with several grades, Alice has piloted numerous waste diversion efforts for the district. She is responsible for putting in place the most comprehensive student-run campus-wide recycling and composting program in the district. Her programs required students to keep accurate data records and to codify best practices for use at other school sites. Most notably, Alice spearheaded a pilot student-driven environmental consultancy program where her fourth grade waste diversion experts gave professional guidance to their local YMCA which was accepted by its Board.