Environmental Education and Awareness Committee

...bringing students, parents, and faculty together to gain the knowledge, skills, and values essential for sustainable living in the real world.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Environmental Education and Awareness Committee (EEAC) provides a forum in which students, parents, faculty and classified staff of Oak Park Unified School District (OPUSD) can discuss issues and recommend action regarding environmental education and sustainability programs in OPUSD. The goals of the committee are to:

• Increase awareness and integrate environmental education into curricula
• Implement programs designed to prevent and/or reduce waste
• Ensure safe toxic-free school campuses
• Eliminate chemical pesticide and fertilizer use on school campuses
• Foster environmental learning through school gardens
• Increase availability of sustainable transit to school, walk to school days and carpooling
• Devise green buying guidelines for school campuses
• Coordinate community and school events related to environmental education and awareness