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