Episode #53: A Talk Story w/ Bavan Nadarajah w/ Lunch Out Of Landfills

Smart Living Hawaii

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Bavan Nadarajah, as he shares the Lunch Out Of Landfills program he started in his high school. We will learn about a program that can be adopted in just about any town across America to help keep food, waste and recyclables out of the landfills while working with our youth. We will also dive into the mind of this 18 year old to get a better understanding of the younger generation’s views on sustainability, climate change and the environment. It was amazing to me to see students in high school so passionate, driven and accomplished before entering college that I felt this was a worthy podcast to share! May this empower our youth and give hope to our future!

Bavan is an intern at Bar-T Mountainside Ranch who is a student currently on a gap year. I don’t have a huge bio of all his schooling and extensive career path over the past 20 years because he is ONLY 18 years old! But what he has accomplished in his high school career has been impressive. He is a recent graduate from Oakdale High School in Maryland and has chosen to take a year off before starting college to complete what he began in High School. Bavan started a composting program in his high school with the goals of reducing food waste and redirecting excess resources from schools to local food banks by connecting building services, teachers, and school leadership with his team at Lunch out of Landfills. His efforts have drafted and passed bills in legislation, raised grants and funding for these programs, invited him to speak at national and international conferences and now he is on a mission to expand.

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