The Academy for Global Citizenship is committed to teaching students the importance of conserving natural resources and preventing pollution that ends up contaminating our air, water, soil and, eventually, our bodies. By practicing reduce, reuse, recycle and composting strategies through daily routines and curriculum integration, we provide students with the tools to protect natural habitats and become ardent environmental stewards by saving energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping to tackle climate change.

Recycle, wate, compost and vermi bins are present in AGC's organic cafeteria, offices and classrooms in order to ensure consistent consciousness in our waste reduction initiatives. Earth machine compost bins are located in our organic schoolyard garden which, alongside our schoolyard chickens, assist with lunchroom food waste whereas classroom and office vermi-compost bins welcome faculty and student snack food scraps. In each classroom, students feed and maintain their worm-bins that produce nutrient rich compost for use in our garden.

At AGC we strive to produce zero-waste. This requires that we maximize our existing recycling and reuse efforts, while ensuring that purchased products and materials have been designed with the least environmental impact, incorporate post-consumer waste content, and have the potential to be repaired, reused, or recycled.

Resources:

Urban Worm Girl

Kids Recycle