Life Cycle of a T-Shirt

Every year, over two billion T-shirts are bought and sold around the world. But how are they made and what  happens when we’re done with them? What is the environmental impact of all these T-shirts? What could we do differently? This activity can be paired with...

T-Shirt Map

Every year, over two billion T-shirts are bought and sold around the world. But how are they made and what  happens when we’re done with them? What is the environmental impact of all these T-shirts? What could we do differently? This activity can be paired with Life...

Discussion: Resources Aren’t Trash!

What can you rescue from the trash at home or at school? Throughout history, Indigenous people have lived on the land and valued it deeply. How might Indigenous cultures view the linear system that’s evolved in our time with all its waste of the Earth’s resources? Do...

Create a Comic Strip

Using an item found in the trash, lost and found or the school yard, have the students create a comic strip with the  trash as the main character. Challenge students to imagine different ways in their comic that the item/character  might be reused, upcycled, repaired...

This is Not A Spoon Game

Gather some everyday objects (spoon, hat, pencil, book, etc.). Have the students form a circle to play “This is not a spoon”. Take an everyday object (spoon, pencil, hat) and pass it around the circle. When the student gets the object they  say, “This is not a ______...