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VIDEOS FOR STUDENTS
Empowering
youth and schools to take action.

Videos

The Sustainability Department Solutions to Waste Program put together a handful of tutorial videos about environmental projects that showcase the 4R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle, rot-compost). Follow along and learn how to make a bag out of an old t-shirt or a solar oven at home!

Where to Start

4R’s Unit Games

Watch our videos before you play the Sustainability Department Schools Program 4R’s board games.

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Youth Climate Ambassadors

The (YCA) Leadership Program brings 9-11th grade students from across San Mateo County together to empower youth to take climate action into their own hands.

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Create

Tees-to-Totes

Join the Sustainability Department Schools Team to get crafty with an item you might otherwise throw away – an old t-shirt. Follow along and share your new totes with us!

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Solar Oven

Follow along with Sustainability Department Schools Team to learn how to make a solar oven at home!

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