Eco-Friendly: FUSD Receives a 2023 StopWaste Environmental Leadership Award
FUSD and StopWaste representatives at the StopWaste Environmental Leadership Awards on June 8, 2023.
On June 8, FUSD received a 2023 StopWaste Environmental Leadership Awards for Excellence in Sustainability at School.
StopWaste grants these awards annually to honor Alameda County entities for their "leadership and innovations in advancing environmental sustainability, waste prevention, and contributions to building healthy, climate-resilient communities."
Click here to learn more about the Environmental Leadership Awards and the 2023 awardees.
Superintendent CJ Cammack, Rishi Gurjar and Shreya Ramachandran at the StopWaste Environmental Leadership Awards, held during the Alameda County Recycling Board meeting on June 8 in Oakland.
Rishi Gurjar and Shreya Ramachandran - American High School alumni of the classes of 2023 and 2021, respectively - along with Superintendent CJ Cammack accepted the award on behalf of the District, which in recent years has launched or strengthened various efforts to increase students' climate literacy, decrease landfill-bound waste, and limit the District's environmental impact.
These efforts are largely student-initiated, and are backed by the Board of Education.
As FUSD students, Gurjar and Ramachandran were leaders in the effort to bring Resolution 030-2021 Educational Response to the Climate Emergency to the Board for adoption in 2021; the Resolution declared FUSD’s commitment to educating students on climate change and climate solutions.
In 2022, the Board adopted “The Roosevelt Resolution,” a resolution championed by the Thornton Junior High School Energy & Sustainability Club, that outlines a commitment to transitioning to a zero-waste to landfill entity. The Resolution highlights the importance of educational opportunities that promote environmental stewardship as “essential to training up climate literate citizens.”
Read through our Eco-Friendly stories to find out more about the great work by our staff, students and community on environmental topics.