This curriculum focuses on youth building leadership skills to effectively serve as agents of change around plastic-related issues. Throughout the leadership learning sections, youth will work together to ask critical questions about our use of plastics and determine how they can become a change agent for the planet and address issues of plastics/plastic pollution.
Youth can choose from two leadership paths: Teens as Teachers or Teens Engaged in Community Action. Each path offers meaningful leadership opportunities for youth to serve as teachers and community leaders. Through discussion and reflective activities, youth will gain knowledge, skills, and confidence to transform their concern for the environment into action. Youth will learn with and about other change agents, including young people who are leading projects to reduce the environmental impacts of plastic waste.
We encourage instructors to collect feedback throughout this module and submit via this evaluation form: 4hpolymers.org/evaluation.