Lessons Learned

Achievements / Results / Outcomes

Bringing Sustainability to Sunnyvale Schools

Pollution Prevention Schools Outreach • Kindergarten & 5th Grade Presentations: 1850 students at 17 elementary schools

reached, positive feedback received from every school • Schools Goin’ Green: Students at 5 schools collected over 4,000 pounds of litter from

their campuses and the surrounding neighborhoods

IGreenSunnyvale Students Living Green Challenge: • IGreenSunnyvale download numbers doubled • 233 students participated in the challenge

creating positive environmental impacts

Successful Strategies • Make issues like sustainability and pollution

relatable and tangible • Leverage relationships with community

stakeholders

Recommendations for Improvement • Encourage collaboration between schools

working on environmental programs • Keep environmental messaging to students

and adults brief and clear

Brittany Whitehill, LEED Green Associate Brittany graduated from UC Berkeley in May 2015 with a B.A. in Development Studies and a City Planning Minor

Acknowledgements: Brittany would like to acknowledge her colleagues at the City of Sunnyvale: Bailey Hall, Jackie Davison, Nupur Hiremath,

and Andrea Pizano, her Site Supervisor Elaine Marshall, as well as the many teachers and students she was able to work with this year

Gallons of water

IGreenSunnyvale Students Living Green Challenge

Pounds of CO2 Pounds of Waste

An initiative to teach elementary students about pollution's impact on the environment.

A program focused on pollution prevention and middle and high schools.

IGreenSunnyvale allows Sunnyvale residents to “buzz” when they have completed sustainable actions. I worked with students at five schools in Sunnyvale to facilitate a competition inspiring students to live sustainably.

Gallons of Water

By: Crystal Tan, Fremont High

Classroom Presentations Schools Goin’ Green