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Community News: Educator Spotlights
Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders: Educator Spotlight on Clay Elliott
Clay Elliott has been an educator in the Anaheim Union High School District for 25 years and currently teaches at Oxford Academy.
School Gardens for a Plastic Free Future: Spotlight on Pam Rydzinski
Ms. Pam Rydzinski is our March Educator Mini-Grant awardee. She teaches at March Middle School in Moreno Valley, California.
Inspiring Environmental Education: Educator Spotlight on Kay Benitez
Ms. Benitez is our February Educator Mini-Grant awardee. She teaches at North Hollywood High in their Zoo Magnet program in partnership with the LA Zoo.
Educating Tomorrow’s Minds: An Educator Spotlight on Elise Holston
Elise Holston is a science teacher at Palisade Glacier High School in Big Pine, California who leads a 6-week plastics unit that covers bioplastics…
Making Connections: Infusing the Hawaiian Language into Student-Led Sustainability Initiatives
Michelle Pieper is a Hawaiian language teacher at Nanakuli Intermediate and High School in Waiʻanae, Hawaiʻi on the Island of Oahu, who shares her…
Meet the Visionary Educators Behind the “Plastic Ocean” Classroom Experience Guide
We invited educators to help us create classroom lessons inspired by our keystone book, “Plastic Ocean”, written by our founder Captain Charles Moore…
Empowering Your School: A Comprehensive Approach to Sustainability with Ruth Lisha
Ruth Lisha is a parent and Community Teacher on Special Assignment who has championed sustainability at her school in Long Beach, California by…
Leading Plastic Pollution Prevention in Nigeria: Educator Spotlight on Clinton Ezeigwe
Clinton Ezeigwe is an environmental justice educator who initiated the Preventing Marine Plastic Pollution in Nigeria (PREMPPiN) project that is focused on using…
Putting yourself into the shoes of The Story of Plastic heroes: Educator Spotlight on Melissa Zaucha
It all started with ordering the Plastic Ocean teaching kit which she discovered on Algalita’s website about 8 years ago which…
Zero-waste classroom from philosophy to projects: Educator Spotlight on Jacqueline Omania
Ms. Omania taught at the Garden School for 15 years before moving to a more traditional classroom. She excelled at providing students with experiential learning…
Making plastic pollution education beautiful and meaningful: Educator Spotlight on Daryth Morrissey
Her motto these days is “Save yourselves!” She starts the year off helping her students realize that they can be the change they want to see in the world…
Teaching about environmental issues through the social justice lens: Educator Spotlight on Alex Rosas
Before teaching I worked at a non-profit focusing on supporting families and veterans experiencing homelessness and providing affordable…