Student Action Guides
We’ve laid out our top ways to take action at home, school, in your community, and beyond!
Everyone has a unique role to play in the quest to create a world where plastic pollution is unthinkable.
Wayfinder Society can help you find your role.
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Join students around the world by using these step-by-step guides to make a positive impact.
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Create an account to track your hours and to get help and feedback.
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Earn community service hours, apply for a mini-grant, and share your story!
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Featured Action!
The Story of Plastic – Watch the Film
Watch this game-changing documentary about the effects of plastic on communities around the world. Complete this Action and the follow-up Action Systems Mapping to become eligible for our Student Mini-Grant.
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Use the search box or buttons to find an action based on your interests and goals!
Explore various eco-career pathways and interview someone who is in your field of interest.
Get to know the #SkipTheStuff campaign.
Give the ocean a voice by sending a Love Letter to the Sea.
Learn about and map out how plastic influences our world: our choices, planet, health, and social systems.
Raise awareness of plastic pollution by recording a song or creating a video.
Have fun and relax in nature!
Tune into The Indisposable Podcast to hear inspiring discussions about how people are making "reduce and reuse" a reality.
Transition your cafeteria away from wasteful spork packets.
Read a book about plastic pollution aloud to a class.
Keep your compostable waste out of the trash and build healthy soil.
Find out how language injustice can limit a community's opportunity to shape and protect their own health and environment. / Descubra cómo la injusticia lingüística puede limitar la oportunidad de una comunidad para moldear y proteger su propia salud y medio ambiente.
Help a local restaurant cut down on single-use plastics.
Share your concerns about plastic pollution or plastic consumption with a local politician.
Get reusable bags into lots of hands and homes by hosting a workshop.
Ask your federal government representatives to co-sponsor the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act (BFFPPA).
Illuminate the invisible costs of the stuff we buy.
Learn about how your elders maximized their resources before the deluge of “disposables”.
Learn what a social movement is, and how they work, by learning about the global movement to end plastic pollution
Connect with another change-maker who is addressing plastic pollution in your area.
Use social media to spread plastic pollution awareness.
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