A peer-reviewed paper published at ICLS 2025, produced under Research Catalyst Grantee Dr. Jim Slotta's Critical Action Learning Lab (CALL): Facilitating Students' Critical Action on Urban Problems, supported by UTIF's Research Catalyst Grant 2024-25. The study examines a Participatory Action Research curriculum co-designed by teachers at a K-12 school in Bengaluru, India, addressing plastic waste through community-engaged learning.