Lane County in partnership with BRING provides free classroom presentations, tours of local garbage and recycling facilities, lessons and resources on waste reduction and prevention. Students learn about recycling, natural resources, composting, the impacts of climate change and more! For more information, visit BRING or call (541) 746-3023.

MECCA inspires creative reuse by offering the community affordable art supplies, workshops, studio and gallery space. Art supplies are available to teachers and educators for free. For more information visit, MECCA or call (541) 746-3023.

Located at 449 Willamette St., Eugene, OR (right next to the Amtrak station). Open Tuesday-Friday 11am-6pm and Saturday 11am-5pm.

Lane County in partnership with Partners for Sustainable Schools provides assistance to schools working to achieve Oregon Green Schools certification. Lane County provides $500 grants to ten (10) K-12 schools each year to schools that achieve certification levels. For more information, visit Partners for Sustainable Schools or call (541) 636-0096.

Lane County and its partners offer free waste reduction programs and resources (e.g., signage with plastic and without plastic, containers, grants, lessons and curriculum to address topics like composting, food waste and waste reduction in schools throughout Lane County.

Teachers can take advantage of hand-on activities like tours of Short Mountain landfill, lessons, environmental curricula and waste audits to show students how little changes can make a big difference and motivate schools to take further actions to reduce waste, save energy and conserve water.