Athens ReThink Plastics

05/15/2026

We had the opportunity to present to 8th grade sciences classes this past week. Our youth educator was joined by members of the group she advises, Friends of Athens ReThink Plastics. They did a great job of highlighting the many projects they have been involved in. If you’d like a visit to your classroom, organization or club contact us here!

05/10/2026

May is the month our youth educator is invited into classrooms to provide lessons on both the problems with plastic ( production, exposure, disposal) as well as solutions. This 3rd grade classroom time was extra special with her grandson in front row! Please read Jane Goodall’s message! It’s good for all of us to think about.

05/10/2026

Tech Savvy event at OU 😊👍🏼

05/09/2026

We had a great time tabling at a Kids on Campus event that involved STEM education.

04/27/2026

ARP and our fabulous volunteers are cutting, sewing and tagging our feed and seed bags. They will be repurposed as shopping bags and given to the public at our tabling events.

04/22/2026

At the OU Earth Day Sustainability Event today, we had many people stopping by to take the plastic quiz and then staying to learn more about plastics.

04/22/2026

Plastic Free Day at both elementary schools in Athens City Schools! Silverware =less single use plastics!

04/22/2026

Both Athens City School elementary schools had a plastic free lunch day today! Silverware collected in the bucket reminds students that throw away single use plastic cutlery is wasteful.

04/09/2026

Seen from a window in Amsterdam- their version of Adopt a Highway- citizens adopt a street to clean up. No single use plastic bags at the stores so less trash from the get go.

04/09/2026

Refillable shampoo at a hotel in Belgium. Cardboard straw that didn’t get soggy in Vlieland!

04/03/2026

Whether you like him or not, this message has a lot of impact on what’s happening in our environment today because of plastic use. 

Shanna Helen Swan is an American environmental and reproductive epidemiologist who is Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the School of Medicine at Mount Sinai where she has taught since 2011. 

Shanna H. Swan, PhD, is an environmental epidemiologist and author of “Count Down.” She is the director of The Action Science Initiative, a program within th...