Schools & Youth Groups

School and Youth Groups throughout Rhode Island are committed to eliminating litter.  These initiatives clearly show that the youth of our state not only wish to have a positive impact on the environment, but also have a profound respect and appreciation for the natural beauty of the Ocean State.

Schools and Youth Programs making a difference

North Kingstown School Department

We had a very successful clean-the-school/park day!
Students were able to work in groups and were assigned and responsible for a specific area. By sharing the responsibility and the load we were able to cover the entire school and park area! Students were amazed at the amount of trash that was collected. Since that day the students have been more careful about their own trash in the school and cafeteria. They have continued to pick up after others around our school. The highlight of the day was when one student picked up a twenty-dollar bill and donated towards the lemonade purchase!

Ending litter is important to us because …

Nuestro Mundo Public Charter School - Providence 
Nuestro Mundo’s curriculum goes beyond academics, emphasizing environmental awareness and multicultural education to foster well-rounded, compassionate and capable students. By addressing global issues like climate change and social inequality, we prepare our students to actively contribute to their communities and navigate the challenges of our world. Our school is located in South Providence,
a neighborhood that was severed from the waterfront by the I-95 corridor created in the 1950s-60s, contributing to significant loss of green space and tree canopy in our proximity, leading to South Providence’s classification as an FDA designated food desert and a Heath Equity Zone by the RI Department of Health.

We are therefore doubly conscious that maintaining our physical environment and specifically, a school garden, is an important component of our project-based learning approach to achieving our mission and ensuring our students have safe and healthy access to the earth. Through the school garden, we've raised student consciousness about environmental contamination – soil contamination in particular, that hinder our students' opportunity to interact with the natural world, develop environmental awareness, consider sustainability, and bolster ecological literacy.

Our students are ambassadors and stewards of our environment; picking up litter and leaving no trace is THE LEAST anyone can do!
 

Forest Avenue Elementary School - Middletown 
We want to have a clean environment for our students to play and learn.

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