A: Municipalities have the awesome responsibility of implementing and overseeing crucial sustainability initiatives. We want to ensure your communities are ready to embrace and adopt those initiatives. By partnering with you, not only do we ensure our education is targeted specifically to your priorities and systems, but we also help get these important projects off the ground. This is the small role we play in facilitating large scale change!
EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO
THE WORLD!
OUR HISTORY
140+ California Jurisdictions
90% of sponsors have re-hired us. Most use CalRecycle CCPP and 1383 grant funds.
2,700+ Assemblies
Performed whole school assemblies and livestream concerts to 1.25 million students.
3.7 Million Views
27,000 subscribers have watched 107,000 hours of our YouTube videos equating to 3.7 million views.
Impact on Students
“Not sure if you remember me because it was several years ago, but you visited my elementary school called Harloe. I’m now a freshmen at a high school call New Tech. I need to give you a lot of credit for how you changed me. Before, I was your average, run of the mill kid crazed about video games. Now I’m part of a student council encouraging community service and aspiring to become a law enforcement ranger of the National Park Service. It wasn’t all you that turned me out to be like this, but you certainly hit the on switch. I have major respect for your work and hope you can spread this knowledge to young students everywhere.”
The Cook (Student)
WIN-WIN TESTIMONIALS
Misty Ryan: 4th Grade Teacher: Valley View Community School
“My class really enjoyed it and had insightful comments and good questions in our post-discussion. As a teacher, I am so impressed that you were able to offer a non-commercial, relevant program to my class. There were no glitches, and it was quick and simple to sign up. No meetings - no permission slips - no strings attached. I sincerely appreciate this program and, as a citizen, give a huge pat on the back to the City for devoting their time and funding to something that has such far-reaching benefit.”
Standard Offerings
1. WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES
Our show presented to the whole school at once. Majority performed in-person but also available virtually, if school desires.
2. INDIVIDUAL CLASS PRESENTATIONS
Our Jeopardy-inspired game show presented to a single class at a time virtually via Zoom.
3. DISTRICT-WIDE CONCERTS
Engage your entire jurisdiction with a district wide concert with kids bussed to a local theatre or livestreamed into each classroom.
4. CUSTOM CONTENT
We create custom theme songs and custom comic books for jurisdictions.
CURRICULUM Follow Up
After our show, we will share the curriculum and digital coloring books developed for classroom discussions about the themes students learn from The EcoHero Show. Our curriculum is created by “Eco J”, who has a teaching credential from UC Berkeley in California. In addition to the curriculum, we have an EcoHero Club students can join with monthly updates. This combined with our YouTube and Spotify allows students to engage far after our shows at the schools.
Sponsor UsForYour Jurisdiction
We believe an entire city can be empowered if the youth of the city are empowered. With a combination of in-person/virtual school shows, our follow-up classroom curriculum, and YouTube videos, we reach thousands of students, and in turn, thousands of their friends and families.
FAQs
A: We will determine if your jurisdiction is a good candidate for this offering. It is not offered to everyone at this time.
A: We have a variety of shows we’ve developed over the years, including: recycling, organics management, water conservation, stormwater pollution, used motor oil disposal. You can absolutely mix and match different topics, however we suggest combining no more than two topics to preserve the depth of the messaging. All topics include waste reduction education, as well as complimentary themes that support holistic eco-practices (ie: proper sorting, litter abatement, conservation, etc).
A: We believe long-term change comes from empowering a community’s youth. Not only do they influence others in their family network, but they also grow up to be well-informed citizens. So our program is specifically designed for students in grades k-5th. We do not offer programs for middle school, high school, or adults at this time as we’ve focused on specializing in elementary education.
A: Most sponsors in California fund our program using CalRecycle grants. CalRecycle has repeatedly approved our program as a qualified expense under the “education & outreach” category. We’ll send you everything you need to get approval from your assigned CalRecycle representative. Sponsors have also funded our program using general funds, measure funds, grants, or dues.
A: We handle the entire process – all you have to do is identify your preferred show topic and budget. We’ll reach out to schools to coordinate logistics and then invite you to presentations as they are scheduled. We fill available slots on a first-come, first-served basis, being sure to remain under the agreed upon budgeted amount. We also manage all post-presentation data collection and consolidate key metrics into a Sponsor Recap that’s sent at the end of each cycle.
A: Our program is entirely voluntary. No school is forced to participate in this offering. We also only invoice for a presentation after it’s completed. So there’s no need to assess interest in advance as there is no financial risk to implementing our program. If we are unable to utilize the entire budgeted amount in the agreed-upon period, you can simply reallocate the remaining funds to other projects. On the flip side, if we have so much interest from schools that a waitlist has been generated, you can also add more funding if that’s available and desired.
A: We have a couple of different avenues to keep the education going long after our performance has ended! We distribute a post-show curriculum to teachers that they can use to build on the topics covered. We have an EcoHero Club that students can enroll in to receive ongoing tips and tidbits. Our YouTube page has all our EcoHero albums for kids to freely access. Sponsorship renewal also keeps messaging fresh in student’s minds and reaches the younger generations as well.
A: We don’t distribute recordings of our presentations to protect our intellectual property. If a neighboring community has a presentation scheduled, and the school agrees to outside visitors, then you can attend one of those presentations. Alternatively, we welcome you to check out our music videos on the EcoHero YouTube page. Once we have an agreement in place, you’ll be invited to all presentations booked in your municipality and are welcome to attend should it align with your schedule.
A: Whatever paperwork you need – we can probably handle it! We’ve worked with over 130 municipalities in 5 different countries, so we’ve definitely seen it all. We’re happy to get creative to make things work for your municipality’s specific needs.
A: We currently don’t offer a bilingual version of our presentation, but all our take-home materials have been translated into spanish. So if a student’s family primarily speaks Spanish at home, they will still be able to engage with their child on the content presented.
A: All you have to do is fill out the “Sponsorship Form” to get the ball rolling!
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ECO SHARA
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CHANGE THE WORLD TOGETHER
SPONSORING PROCESS:
- Fill out the form below and we will schedule a time to talk.
- Note: CalRecycle does not offer blanket endorsements. If you want to work with us, we will send you our show content, which you share with your CalRecycle Rep.
- If you want to be connected to a city/county representative that has worked with us to hear about our program from a peer, let us know! We can connect you with someone geographically close to you.