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Inspire Your Students with Plastic Free Boy
Join over 370 schools and 1.5 million students in an empowering, student-led environmental movement!
PLASTIC ALARM Film
Watch the inspiring 22-minute film featuring 11-year-old Plastic Free Boy exploring solutions to protect turtles from plastic pollution.
🎁 Special Recycling Week Offer
✓Film Access: $35
✓FREE Bonus: 2-hour lesson plan on Maths, Science, and English outcomes
"This presentation will make caring for the environment very cool."
Schools Reached
Students Inspired
Years of Impact
For the past 7 years, 18-year-old Arlian Ecker has shared his passion, commitment, and inspiring Change Maker Story with schools globally. As the 2019 Clean Up Australia Youth Ambassador and 2019 & 2020 NSW Education Student Award Receiver, Arlian has made environmental action accessible and exciting for young people everywhere.
"This presentation will make caring for the environment very cool."
Choose Your Program
per student
(Minimum 200 students, includes travel)
- ✓Live presentation at your school
- ✓Tailored to different year levels
- ✓FREE 20-min Sustainability Team meeting
- ✓Plastic Free Kids Club opportunity
Duration by Level:
- • K-Year 2: 20-45 minutes
- • Year 3-7: 45 min or 1.5 hours
- • Year 7-11: 45 min or 1.5 hours
Recycling Week Special
- ✓Interactive online presentation
- ✓30 minutes to 1.5 hours
- ✓Perfect for remote learning
- ✓Engage unlimited students
- ✓Q&A session included
Ongoing Support
- ✓Weekly activity updates
- ✓Lead sustainability in your school
- ✓Fun and educational activities
- ✓Student engagement tools
- ✓Ongoing community support
What Educators Are Saying
Nicole Johnson
Leader of Early Learning, Kincoppal Rose Bay
"Arlian came for a school presentation for Clean Up Australia Day for our pre-school and our Year 1 students. This education changes the game for the future generation of Kids!"
Camilla Macswiney
Kindergarten Teacher, Cranbrook School
"Wow, Wow, Wow!! Thank you so much for such a wonderful incursion with Kindergarten yesterday. You were so engaging, knowledgeable, informative, and inspiring. The boys were absolutely enthralled with you. Your energy and enthusiasm are infectious."
Felicity Permezel
Year 3 Class Teacher, SCEGGS
"I was so impressed with your knowledge and work and also your kind, patient, and engaging manner with the girls. The girls were all so engaged – which can be a challenging task over a Zoom connection – and I know you've inspired them to do what they can to join in your quest."
Jonathan Sandrine
Head of Science, OLMC
"The work that Arlian is doing in school is absolutely amazing. He has got such an important vision. I cannot say how exciting it is to be involved in something like this and for them to see that there is someone their age who is passionate and wants to change the world just like they do."
2022 Mobility Award
Austria
2022 Internet Stars Award
Europe
2021 Tidy Towns Award
Keep Australia Beautiful
2020 Youth Ambassador
Cleanup Australia Day
2019 Student Award
NSW Department of Education
2019 Young Achiever Awards
7NEWS
Media Features
- • 2022 Australian Geographic Explorer
- • 2021 & 2019 Channel 9 Current Affairs
- • 2019 Sydney Morning Herald
- • 2018 ABC BTN
- • 2018 Channel 10 'The Project'
- • 2019 Channel 10 'Totally Wild'
- • 2019 ABC Online
- • 2018 EPA Video Feature
Speaking Engagements
- • 2022 Adidas Leadership Talk
- • 2022 Atlassian Leadership Conference
- • 2022 Mumbrella360
- • 2021 Ipswich Sustainability Summit (85 schools)
- • 2020 Kids Teaching Kids Conference (65 schools)
- • 2019 Asia Pacific Cities Summit
- • 2020 Circular Economy Forum
- • 2021 Innovation Day at Lismore University
Let's Make Recycling Week 2024 One to Remember!
Available dates are filling up quickly. Book today to engage your students in one of Australia's most impactful, student-led environmental programs!
Email: plasticfreeboy@gmail.com
