Stone Soup Leadership Institute

Stone Soup Climate Education Curriculum

Educators: Use these inspiring stories, lesson plans, videos and social media to plan Earth Day activities with your students.

For This Earth Day Let’s Commit to Doing Whatever We Can to STOP Using Plastic! Plastic is everywhere. And plastic lasts forever. The World Economic Forum estimates that currently 200 million tons of plastic are polluting our oceans. Read more.

Earth Day Newsletter

Featured Event: Ghana: April 22

FROM MARINE WASTE TO FASHION IN 6 STEPS: RECOVERING MARINE PLASTIC WASTE

The Sea2See Foundation collaborates with local fishermen communities in Africa to recover 350 tons of marine plastic waste per year. They redesign a supply chain where waste has value to create a sustainable and scalable solution that reduces marine plastic and improves the lives of marginalized coastal communities. The plastic is then upcycled into a new seastainable raw material. Learn More

Sustainable Products with a Conscience
François van den Abeele, Sea2See, Spain

CASE STUDY: MARTHA'S VINEYARD

The Institute Organized
Beach Clean Ups With Many Island Partners

International Beach Clean-Up with Ocean Conservancy
We joined with 5,583 locations around the world for the 29th annual Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup. There were 4579 pieces of trash collected. The top three: 3344 cigarette butts, 221 small plastic pieces, 205 food wrappers.

MVYLI Works for Cleaner Beaches
MVYLI COASTSWEEP Beach Clean Up
AmeriCorps at Cape Pogue, Martha’s Vineyard

 

SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT PRESENTATIONS

The Institute has organized 19 Sustainability Summits in Martha’s Vineyard, Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda, BVI, and Newport, RI. For this week-long intensive we bring together the Institute’s emerging leaders with sustainability experts to empower thousands of young people to become leaders in their lives and for a more sustainable world.

Here are some plastic-oriented presentations:

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