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Liza Koshy Teams Up With Beyond Meat® and Everfi to Invite Students Nationwide to Think and Live More Sustainably
Beyond Meat, EVERFI and Liza Koshy challenge students to incorporate sustainable practices into their schools for the opportunity to win a lunchroom makeover
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[{"type":"text","content":"Beyond Meat, EVERFI and Liza Koshy challenge students to incorporate sustainable practices into their schools for the opportunity to win a lunchroom makeover EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND), a leader in plant-based meat, in collaboration with digital education innovator EVERFI and actress, producer and creator, Liza Koshy, are challenging middle and elementary school students to apply the knowledge they have acquired through a new digital sustainability course, for the chance to win a sustainable lunchroom makeover and see their vision come to life. With today’s launch of the Beyond Lunch Sustainability Challenge, teachers, in collaboration with their students, can submit their innovative, out-of-the-box ideas for how they would make their school’s lunchrooms more sustainable. One lucky grand prize winner will be awarded up to $10,000 to help bring their ideas to life at their school. The Beyond Lunch Sustainability Challenge is an extension of Beyond Meat and EVERFI’s free course, Sustainability Foundations: Plants, Animals and Our World, which was created last fall and designed for fifth through eighth grade students in an effort to expand access to sustainability education for all students. The science-based course is grounded in real-world examples and covers topics on global resource constraints, the importance of biodiversity, climate change and how to innovate for a healthy life. Through this course, Beyond Meat aims to empower youth to understand that their choices, no matter how small, can make a big difference. “At Beyond Meat, we believe that there is a better way to feed our future and that all students should have access to education on important topics that impact their lives, such as the role of nutrition and food in their health and that of their families, the earth’s climate, and broader sustainability,” said Ethan Brown, Beyond Meat Founder & CEO. “Through our work with EVERFI, we are inspiring students to come up with designs and plans to reimagine their lunchrooms around health and sustainability outcomes and showing them how their actions can improve their health and the health of the planet.” “Today’s youth have the power to change tomorrow’s world for the better by making big and small personal choices,” said Tom Davidson, EVERFI Founder & CEO. “It’s ...