student Involvement

We aim to involve students in every aspect of our work, and that includes advocating and empowering youth to take action. See below for ways students have gotten involved!

To stay up to date on our work with social media, follow us on IG and Facebook @bmorebeyondplastic and Twitter @BBeyondPlastic.

Annapolis Rally day (2/15/18)

youth styrofoam rally/hearing (2/6/18)

Testifying at the maryland environmental legislative summit (1/18/18)

Part of our team testifying in Annapolis on why styrofoam is a priority area for this year's legislative session.

Baltimore City School board meeting, 1/9/2018
(testifying to phaseout styrofoam trays from school cafeterias)

This year, we are proud to say that because of our efforts, Baltimore City is making the switch from styrofoam to compostable trays!

styrofoam youth action dinner

Our youth dinner drew over 120 students across the city discussing target areas to get a styrofoam ban passed!

Ravens honor row award

Thank you to the Baltimore Ravens for honoring us with the Ravens Honor Row award! What a fantastic game!

Canoe 'n Scoop (september 2017 workshop)

Youthworks visits (summer 2017)

This summer, we made Youthworks site visits across Baltimore to educate students of all ages on plastic pollution and upcycling, while documenting why we all care about plastic pollution. Check out the reasons below!

Greenscape! 2017

Thank you to all the students who canoed, ate, and talked about environmental work at their schools with us! We were especially happy to see Mayor Pugh!

People's climate march art advocacy

Painting the parachute for the People's Climate March on April 29 in DC. @BlackCherryPuppetTheatre

Youth Leadership Summit

Here with Dr. Joshua Sharfstein (former Health Commissioner of Baltimore City), students learned about environmental justice and how that relates to all aspect of life- including health and health disparities in their own city.

city hall rally: 3/3/17

students visit annapolis: 2/8/17

Poly Green team! 1/30/17

Poly's green team wanted to come up with an innovative way to reuse plastic bags. The solution? A giant ball of plarn (plastic yarn)!

YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING SESSION (1/24/17) 

Arts and Crafts FOR STYROFOAM RALLY!

And check out this awesome polystyrene video that the Mount Washington School energy team made in favor of recycling and eliminating polystyrene trays!