Cool School Challenge Encouraging student leadership, empowerment

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Cool School ChallengeEncouraging student
leadership, empowerment action on climate
change
Mrs. Carbonfoot The Green TeamSept 19, 2008
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Overview

• What is the Cool School Challenge?
• How does it work?
• Why should we participate?
• What will it take?

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What is the Cool School Challenge?

• Purpose
• Background
• Vision
• Goals

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What is the Cool School Challenge?

• Purpose
• The Cool School Challenge is an educational
  program intended to engage students and teachers
  in practical strategies to reduce carbon dioxide
  (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions
  schoolwide.
• Background
• Vision
• Goals

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What is the Cool School Challenge?

• Purpose
• Background
• Initiated by Mike Town, AP Environmental Science
  teacher, Redmond High School
• Modeled after the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection
  Agreement
• Vision
• Goals

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What is the Cool School Challenge?

• Purpose
• Background
• Vision
• A challenge program, taught by teachersbut led
  by students.
• Classroom to classroom, school to school,
  district to districtand beyond.
• Goals

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What is the Cool School Challenge?

• Purpose
• Background
• Vision
• Goals
• Reduce CO2 emissions in and around schools
• Educate young people, and by proxy their families
• Encourage student leadership and empowerment
• Foster a community of teachers/students working
  together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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How does it work?

• Objective
• Procedure
• Tools

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How does it work?

• Objective
• The Cool School Challenge encourages students to
  enlist as many classrooms as possible in a
  schoolwide initiative to reduce carbon dioxide
  emissions by 2000 pounds or more per classroom,
  per school year
• Procedure
• Tools

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How does it work?

• Objective
• Procedure
• Conduct the classroom energy audit of classroom
  electricity use, solid waste, transportation, and
  heating using the audit calculator
• Estimate CO2 emissions
• Create a Climate Action Plan
• Pledge to reduce CO2 emissions
• Conduct follow-up survey
• Tools

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How does it work?

• Objective
• Procedure
• Tools
• Toolkit
• Carbon Calculator
• Website

www.coolschoolchallenge.org
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Why should we participate?

• EALR Alignment
• OSPI Sustainability
• Our Budget
• Our Environment

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Why should we participate?

• EALR Alignment
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies
• OSPI Sustainability
• Our Budget
• Our Environment
• Our Students

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Why should we participate?

• EALR Alignment
• OSPI Sustainability
• Aligns with upcoming sustainable design for
  students project
• Our Budget
• Our Environment
• Our Students

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Why should we participate?

• EALR Alignment
• OSPI Sustainability
• Our Budget
• Redmond HS reported a utility savings of 7,500
• Schools using similar program in California
  received a of savings
• Our Environment
• Our Students

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Why should we participate?

• EALR Alignment
• OSPI Sustainability
• Our Budget
• Our Environment
• Water quality
• Recycling
• Air quality
• Our Students

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Why should we participate?

• EALR Alignment
• OSPI Sustainability
• Our Budget
• Our Environment
• Our Students
• Community Involvement
• Active Learning
• Leadership

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What will it take?

• School-Wide Support
• Classroom Access
• Timeline

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What will it take?

• School-Wide Support
• Administration
• Teachers
• Students
• Classroom Access
• Timeline

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What will it take?

• School-Wide Support
• Classroom Access
• Pre and Post Surveys
• Timeline

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What will it take?

• School-Wide Support
• Classroom Access
• Timeline
• Depends on how far we want to go
• Doing the basics will be 1-2 months

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Questions?