Stemming the Tide: Taking Action on Campus Against Plastic Pollution
With the average college student producing about 640 pounds of trash each year, campuses need comprehensive waste management programs that provide tracking, reporting, education, awareness, fun, and creativity. Stemming the Tide is for students, clubs, resident advisors, staff and faculty to use as a resource to get started and tackle plastics on campus. This guide features smaller, individual actions, and campus-wide engagement campaigns and includes information about the plastics pollution problem, its impacts on humans and wildlife, action ideas, and educational strategies.
Connect with students and other young leaders, access project planning tools including EcoTopic pathways and earn certification for project-based leadership skills and impacts on the environment.
Create a customized career plan, access career sector outlooks, and other green career related resources
Reports
Browse through the reports produced by the National Wildlife Federation's Higher Education program.
(Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education—AASHE)
(Work on Climate)
(Harvard Law School)
(Next Generation Learning Challenges)
(International Society of Sustainability Professionals)
(Green Career Advisor, LLC)
(The Environmental Career Coach)
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