Help a Coffee Shop Drop the Upcharge on Plant MilkAt — Switch4Good
Learn about the benefits of plant-based milk alternatives for environmental and social justice. Then, learn about the pricing models used by locally-owned coffee shops and develop a business plan for them to stop charging a higher price for drinks with non-dairy milk.
Improved understanding of animal agriculture’s effects on climate, pollution, biodiversity loss, and social justice. Improved reading comprehension skills for scientific papers. Be able to discuss the relationship between food and the environment with peers and offer practical suggestions for transitioning to a more plant-forward food economy. Effective communication skills that enable you to critically engage with this topic with varying audiences, including your peers and the public, such as active listening and asking critical questions. Experience with skills and competencies required in business professions, such as analysis and adaptability to market shifts.
Students will attend a 1 hour virtual orientation to learn about Switch4Good, our mission and vision, and how we implement them in our work and branding. Students will also work closely over the weeks of the project with the Campus Action Now team to plan and conduct outreach to coffee shops, analyze findings about pricing models, and synthesize them into a proposal for how a coffee shop could drop the upcharge.
Switch4Good has safety protocols for digital safety with students.
Students in environmental, policy, and business majors would be especially suited to work on this project but we welcome students from any academic background. Once students have expressed interest in this opportunity, we will ask them to complete an onboarding Google Form that asks about their interests, schedule, and what they want to gain from this experience so we can best support them. We also ask them to schedule a 1 hour virtual orientation with Campus Action Now staff to fully learn how to properly work with us.
| Hours | Duration |
|---|---|
| 20 | hours per placement |