youth and schools to take action.
Resources for Administrators and Facilities Staff
The San Mateo County Office of Education maintains a list of funding opportunities for sustainability and environmental literacy initiatives in schools.
Garden Supplies and Equipment
The Sustainability Department Schools Program provides schools in San Mateo County with backyard composting and worm composting bins for their school gardens. If you are interested please email us at sustainability@smcgov.org
Contact the Community Garden Initiative Program to learn about their resources to help you establish or improve a school garden.
Do you need help finding free or discounted supplies for your school garden? If so, check out our list of Seeds, Plants and Garden Supplies (PDF).
Free Waste Reduction Signage
Educate students and staff on the important of waste reduction. For physical copies and stickers, please email us at sustainability@smcgov.org.
The Latest News & Events
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Fixit Clinics are fun community-based workshops where neighbors, friends, and families work collectively to learn how to repair broken items. We’ll provide a workspace, specialty tools, and volunteer Fixit Coaches to help you troubleshoot and provide routine maintenance to your household items and appliances! Register at https://bit.ly/itemcheckin.
Interested in being a Fixit Coach?
It’s easy! Provide participants with 1) guidance on tools and 2) encouragement to investigate their broken item. Let them talk about how they used it and how it broke. That often provides valuable hints as to what’s wrong. See how much you can do without actually handling the item. Empower the item’s owner to do the troubleshooting and disassembly. Register to be a Fixit Coach here.
This event is hosted in partnership with the San Mateo County Libraries.