Our SOAR Eco-Innovation Academy kicked off the 2024-2025 year with an exciting SOAR-ientation at the Beyond Meat headquarters! With Chef D and the Beyond Meat team, they cooked up delicious, plant-based meals, discovering firsthand how fun and tasty sustainable eating can be! Beyond Meat CEO, Ethan Brown, shared insights into the environmental impact of eating meat, inspiring our students to see how plant-based diets contribute to a healthier planet, body, and mind! With their culinary creations, they proved that eating plant-based isn't just healthy—it's also incredibly delicious! |
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| Our first SOAR tour of the new year took place at Emeco House in Venice, a space where local architects, designers, and the community can connect. SOAR students learned about the history of sustainable design, the technology that Emeco uses to build furniture from recycled materials, and how Emeco House uses nature as inspiration for indoor spaces and functions exclusively as a zero-waste facility. |
| Students also toured Eco By Ry at Alta Sea, diving into the world of sustainable surfing. Ryan Harris, the innovative mind behind Eco By Ry, is revolutionizing the surfboard industry by creating eco-friendly boards using eco-resin, a sustainable alternative to fiberglass and foam, and incorporating recycled materials into his designs. During the tour, students got creative, using plastic scraps from Ryan's workshop to mold coasters, dishes, wax combs, and jewelry. |
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| In order to highlight key businesses in sustainability, we’ve partnered with incredible companies to bring you amazing products that not only reduce your impact on the environment, but also directly supports our students making an impact in their communities. By purchasing any of these products, you receive quality, environmentally sustainable products that also support Grades of Green at no additional cost to you.
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| Lomi is an indoor solution to cultivating compost at home! By using Lomi, you not only create nutrient dense compost for your garden, you also reduce food waste impact. To learn more about Lomi, click the button below! |
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| Eco-Lesson of the Month Do you believe in magic? In this fun lesson, students will be doing a little bit of magic! They will turn food scraps into something worth their weight in gold: incredible, nutrient-rich soil that’s perfect for growing healthy, tasty and wonderful food. Even if you don’t have access to a location to compost outdoors, you can check out indoor composters like the Lomi Bloom to reduce food waste! |
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| Join us in empowering future generations to put some sizzle into saving our planet! |
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