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 social media to spread plastic pollution awareness.
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.
Start a litterless lunch trend at your school!
Host a virtual screening of The Story of Plastic documentary.
Learn about how your elders maximized their resources before the deluge of “disposables”.
Create your own Action that does not yet exist in Wayfinder Society!
Share your concerns about plastic pollution or plastic consumption with a local politician.
Read a book about plastic pollution aloud to a class.
Raise awareness of plastic pollution by recording a song or creating a video.
Ask your federal government representatives to co-sponsor the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act (BFFPPA).
Design a reusable bag from a t-shirt or any repurposed material.
Hold brands accountable for plastic pollution in your community - and globally.
Learn about and map out how plastic influences our world: our choices, planet, health, and social systems.
Connect with another change-maker who is addressing plastic pollution in your area.
Tune into The Indisposable Podcast to hear inspiring discussions about how people are making "reduce and reuse" a reality.
Pack a litterless lunch for three consecutive days.
Watch The Story of Plastic documentary and share your thoughts with us.
Give the ocean a voice by sending a Love Letter to the Sea.
Illuminate the invisible costs of the stuff we buy.
Map out how your community could create a zero waste compost system.
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