Classroom Activities
Local
- Art & Science of Recycling School Program – Recycled art for K-12 students. Contact Recycle Hawai‘i at for more information.
- Recycle and Landfill Site Tours – For recycling site tours with your students, please contact for East and West Hawai‘i.
- School Presentations – For classroom presentations on topics of Zero Waste, Reduce/Reuse/Recycle, Environmental Sustainability, Compost/Vermicomposting and more, please contact .
- Compost Workshops – Program sponsored by Recycle Hawai`i, students and teachers can learn about backyard composting and vermicomposting. Contact Recycle Hawai‘i at for more information.
- Growing A School Garden Curriculum – Program developed by Kohala Center’s Hawai‘i Island School Gardens Network and the Center for Ecoliteracy.
- Keep America Beautiful’s Recycle-Bowl Competition – State & National competition for schools and communities to see who can recycle the most. Prizes available for winners.
Online
- US EPA: Recycle City
- EEK! Environmental Education for Kids
- Make-stuff.com: Recycle It!
- State of California: Kids’ Stuff About Waste Reduction & Recycling
- US EPA: Students: Resources for Waste Education
- National Crayon Recycle Program
- Terracycle Tools & Resources
- Green Ambassadors Program
- Recycling Makes Sense (The Recycling Partnership)
Waste Reduction Resources
- State of Hawai‘i: Educator’s Guide
- CalRecycle: Waste Reduction – School Diversion Guide, A District-Wide Approach to Recycling or California Education & Environment Initiative
- CalRecycle Publications
- CalRecycle Waste Stream Calculator
- Food Waste Estimator (Recycling Works MA)
Funding Resources
- Captain Planet Foundation
- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Grants
- US EPA: Environmental Education Grants
- US EPA: Region 9 Grants
- Grants.gov
- KidsGardening: Grants
- Alexander and Baldwin Foundation – A&B Kokua Giving
- Matson Foundation – Ka Ipu ‘Aina Program (community clean-ups)
- Atherton Family Foundation
- Consuelo Foundation
- Hawaii Community Foundation
- James and Abigail Campbell Foundation
- Cooke Foundation, Ltd.
- Harold K.L. Castle Foundation
- Hawaii People’s Fund
- Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI) Charitable Foundation
- Bishop Museum
- Melinda Gray Ardia Foundation
- Kokua Foundation Hawai‘i
- Change Happens Foundation