The Belmont-Redwood Shores Sustainability Parent Group was nominated by RethinkWaste for the San Mateo County Office of Education Sustainable and Climate Resilient Schools Challenge award in April 2026. This award honors students, teachers, administrators, and community members across 12 public school districts, private schools, and local organizations for their dedicated environmental efforts. The 2025–2026 program celebrated leaders who implemented innovative waste-reduction and sustainability projects throughout San Mateo County schools.
Thanks to California’s Universal Meals Program, all public school children are guaranteed free breakfast and lunch, regardless of income. To prevent unserved food from going to the landfill, we've partnered with Peninsula Food Runners, a local non-profit food rescue organisation, to help collect and donate to local communities in need. BRSSPG volunteers help with the deliveries when Peninsula Food Runners are unavailable.
Help us keep our school campuses clean! Sign up today to be an adult supervisor at one of our cleanup events.
Plastic film is a widely used packaging material that is not accepted by many residential recycling collection services. We subscribe to Ridwell, a B Corp-certified recycling company specializing in collecting hard-to-recycle items and giving them a second life. Plastic film is collected and turned into decking material.
We'll be hosting Free Market events throughout the 2026-2027 school year. Give unwanted items a second life! In past Free Market events families were giving away/taking home books, bicycles, kitchen appliances, music instruments, plants, and so much more! Register for a table at the next event on October 3, 2026.
We are currently focusing on three initiatives aimed at improving environmentally sustainable practices at all seven schools within the Belmont Redwood Shores School District.
Thanks to California's Universal Meals Program, all public school children are guarenteed free breakfast and lunch each school day, regardless of their income. Our composting and waste reduction program diverts excess fresh food from the school to people in need in the community, and helps children sort their food waste at the schools.
BRSSD spends over $600K every year on electricity and heating. Our Clean Energy initiative seeks to replace aging school infastructure with clean energy alternatives.
We work with the school food vendors and BRSSD to suggest alternatives to single-use plastics. Our goal is to ensure that each school has the appropriate kitchen enhancements to offer reusable utensils and utilize more sustainable packaging with their food.
Learn about BRSSPG's past projects and tabling events.
Come read archived versions of BRSSPG's coverage in our local monthly publication, the Pilot!
June 2026December 2025November 2025October 2025September 2025August 2025July 2025June 2025May 2025April 2025March 2025February 2025January 2025December 2024November 2024September 2024We are a a collective of parents dedicated to cultivating lasting environmental stewardship. We welcome all members of our community, and are always looking for additional volunteers to help increase students' environmental literacy and to work on projects that have a positive impact on our environment. Come, meet new friends, help inspire the next generation and create a healthier, more sustainable future for all, starting now!
"If I am not for myself, who is for me? And being for my own self, what am 'I'? And if not now, when?" -Hilel the Elder
We meet at a local cafe, after the school drop off, the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month. Contact us to learn the current location. Come join us!
