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ONE PIECE A DAY PREPARED FOR THE ESAC GENERAL MEETING TDSB - Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee & Toronto Eco Schools
October 2018:
THE IDEA
THE PROBLEM IS BIGGER THAN ANY ONE PERSON…
WHAT IF EVERYONE ON THE PLANET COULD PICK UP
JUST ONE PIECE A DAY????
RESEARCH THE PROBLEM
GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH
GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH
AREA = 1.6 MILLION KM 2
2.5 TIMES THE SIZE OF FRANCE (643,801 KM2)
RESEARCH THE PROBLEM
ROBERT SWAN
OUR VISION
1. DON’T LITTER –
2. REFUSE SINGLE USE PLASTICS -
a. PLASTIC BOTTLES – Bring your own!
b. Plastic Bags (“1 trillion plastic shopping
bags are used every year” National Geographic
06/2018)
c. Straws (“Canadians throw away 57M
straws a day” – CBC News April 4 2018)
d. Coffee Cups (Canadians use 4.5 – 5.5M
cups a day)
e. Bottles (1M / minute)
f. Styrofoam containers & Cutlery!
3. RECYCLE –
4. PICK UP ONE PIECE A DAY -
WHAT YOU CAN DO EVERYDAY
WHAT YOU CAN DO EVERYDAY – THE 5 R’S
REMOV
E
REFUSE
IMPACT AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL
SINGLE CLASS AT
DENLOW PS
TEAM KERR PICKS
UP & LOGS OVER
600 PIECES ON A
SCHOOL YARD
CLEAN UP IN ONE
HOUR
AFTER ONE PIECE A DAY ASSEMBLY, TORONTO FRENCH SCHOOL:
- SETS UP GREEN TEAM - BANS STRAWS IN WHOLE SCHOOL - COMMITED TO BANNING PLASTIC BOTTELS AT FUTURE EVENTS
IMPACT AT THE SCHOOL & COMMUNITY LEVEL
TDSB OPPORTUNITIES
A. RAISE AWARENESS & SPREAD CRITICAL MESSAGE ACROSS SCHOOLS IN TORONTO & THE GTA
B. CREATE A LITTER FREE CULTURE IN SCHOOLS. EXPAND TO COMMUNITIES
C. CREATE MOMENTUM IN CLEANING THE PLANET
- CREATE A RECORD OF YOUR POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE PLANET
- BUILD HOPE & PRIDE – SEE YOUR SCHOOL’S CONTRIBUTION GROW
- FRIENDLY COMPETITIONS BETWEEN SCHOOLS BUILD GREATER MOMENTUM
E. STUDENT EMBASSADORS CREATE A CULTURE OF OWNERSHIP
F. TAKE THE MESSAGE TO THE MEDIA, GOVERNMENTS & BUSINESSES
G. SCHOOLS & AMBASSADORS AGENTS OF CHANGE
IMPACT AT THE SCHOOL & COMMUNITY LEVEL
ONE PIECE A DAY – THE APP THAT
INSPIRES EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET
TO PICK UP ONE PIECE OF LITTER A DAY
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d
etails?id=com.ionicframework.myapp5
95501
https://itunes.apple.com/ph/app/one-
piece-a-day/id1228086136?mt=8&ign-
mpt=uo%3D2
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