[caption id="attachment_362426" align="aligncenter" width="274"] Jacqueline Omania’s Zero Waste classroom in Berkeley has managed to generate only a jar of waste during the entire school year. Photo by Jacqueline Omania[/caption]

Earth Island Journal [1] editor and Terra Verde host Maureen Nandini Mitra talks about plastic waste and classroom solutions with Jacqueline Omania, the inspirational educator behind Berkeley's Oxford Elementary School's Zero Waste Classroom Project and winner of the 2019 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators, [2] and Dianna Cohen, founder and CEO of Plastic Pollution Coalition [3], a global alliance of individuals, organizations, businesses, and policymakers working toward a world free of plastic.

[1] https://www.earthisland.org/journal/

[2] https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/us-epa-honors-berkeley-teacher-environmental-education-award

[3] https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/