Cafeteria Victories
Empowering Student Environmental Clubs to Raise Awareness & Create Action
Are you ready for your next step in promoting sustainability at your school by reducing cafeteria food waste?
See what cafeteria victories are happening in schools across the country.
Use motivational or waste sorting videos that other schools and districts have created on their journeys towards zero waste.
Get inspired and have the tools to take action today.
Our relationship with food and the Earth is personal.
Consider the act of eating, a daily ritual that we often take for granted. Our relationship with food can both significantly influence our perception of our place in the world and our impact upon it.
Every time we eat, we are making choices. Cafeteria Victories will help you achieve a lunchtime where you can enjoy your food, avoid wasting food that could replenish others or the soil, and protect us from trash blowing around or piling up.
Through engaging online workshops & strategy sessions, we empower you to champion sustainability in your school cafeterias, developing your leadership skills while reducing food and packaging waste.
We invite you to join youth nationwide as we explore ways to amplify our impact through fun and interactive campaigns. Let's motivate your school community to action. You'll feel invigorated and inspired, ready to tackle challenges with newfound creativity and confidence.
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Resources for every stage of our journey
On-demand Workshops
Are you on a mission to crack a challenge your school is facing? Take your Green Team on a self-guided journey with interactive lessons. Ready to find inspiration?
Green Team
Strategy Sessions
Dynamic groups foster growth. Strategizing with other high school Green Teams might offer solutions you are looking for as we explore ways to amplify our impact through fun and interactive campaigns.
Unlock Superpowers: Free Expert Tools!
Benefit from what other schools have created on their journeys towards zero waste. Dive into our treasure trove of free resources and become the Green Team hero your cafeteria needs!
I had the honor of working with Sarah when she came to my school site to help us establish and implement the "Love Food, Not Waste" program through San Diego Unified.
Sarah was communicative, organized, collaborative and goal oriented. First, she helped us analyze our existing structures for recycling, composting, food waste collection, and trash disposal. She led us in collecting data in regards to how much cafeteria food was being wasted each day as well as which types of food was not getting eaten. Next, she gathered and led student groups to be part of the process and established student agency and collective efficacy.
She was a collaborative leader who led with optimism and enthusiasm while keeping the core of her beliefs central to the work. She adapted the plan as we went to adjust to the specific needs of the site. I can't say enough about how professional, efficient, and pleasant Sarah was to work with.
Sally Viavada
Principal, Tierrasanta Elementary School
Sarah is reliable,
knowledgeable, and passionate about reducing food waste, impacting climate change, and educating youth.
In addition to being knowledgeable, she is able to effectively and thoughtfully share her knowledge with students and her community.
Elise Bostic
High Tech High
Many of us who are in the same situation
are not having the same experience.
Create better cafeteria experiences with one of our on-demand courses.
Design Your Ultimate Lunchtime Experience
Welcome to “Design Your Ultimate Lunchtime Experience." This is your guide to transforming your everyday cafeteria experience into something extraordinary. Stimulate your imagination through these thought-provoking exercises about what a sustainable, efficient, and enjoyable cafeteria could look like.
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Attract Allies that Build Your Dream Green Team
Transform the way you see the members of your school community so that you can plug their strengths and interests into roles that will support the sustainability of your cafeteria.
Who we’re meant to be
We are all unique individuals with dreams and desires. As we grow on our journey with sustainability, our dream for our ultimate lunchtime experience evolves. What cafeteria victories would you like to lead while you step into who you’re meant to be with confidence? What victories has your school already created that other schools could benefit from knowing how you succeeded? Describe it and we'll create a workshop for it.
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