Kids Carbon Credits

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Kids Carbon Credits

• Buy Green Energy
• And Blue Sky

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Forest Ridge ElementaryA Premier Green School

• Presented by the Students of Teacher Laurie
  Aguirre
• 2006

Optimum Learning Environments Charter
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Global Warming is a BIG Problem for People and
Animals

• Average global temperature has increased by
  almost 2ºF over the past century
• Scientists expect the average global temperature
  to increase an additional 2 to 6ºF over the next
  one hundred years.

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The Earth Warms

• At the peak of the last ice age (18,000 years
  ago), the temperature was only 7ºF colder than it
  is today, and glaciers covered much of North
  America!

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Carbon added to the atmosphere creates a
blanket that keeps the heat in close to the
earth, instead of being released into space. This
is called the Greenhouse Effect.
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Car Exhaust Emits Pollution Into Our Atmosphere

• Carbon Pollution or Co2 comes from our vehicles
  and other sources
• Other forms of transportation reduce the amount
  of emissions per person try public
  transportation or vehicles designed for lower
  emissions.
• If this does not work for you, is there another
  possibility?

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That is Why the Students of Forest Ridge Started
Kids Carbon Credits
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What is a Kids Carbon Credit?
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Kids Carbon Credits are Cool!!!
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Kids Carbon Credits Let Us Pay for Our Pollution

• When you use any fossil fuel based products or
  burn fuel to run a car, a byproduct is pollution.
• But in America we dont pay the full cost of
  cleaning up the emissions for example the stuff
  that comes out of the tailpipe of a car (Co2
  POLLUTION).

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How Does a Carbon Credit Help the Atmosphere?

• It allows you to voluntarilyoffset or pay for
  some of the pollution created by using fossil
  fuels.

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You Can Buy as Many as You Like!!!
IT ALL ADDS UP TO A CLEANER ATMOSPHERE!
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What Do Kids Carbon Credits Buy?

• Green Energy and Blue Sky.
• Your dollars will go to the ClimateTrust.
• They will make sure that it buys renewable energy
  and carbon offset projects.

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What Are Sources of Renewable Energy ?

• Wind
• Solar
• Ocean
• Hydroelectric (that doesnt hurt fish!)
• Geothermal
• Biomass
• Fuel Cell

Wind Turbine and Solar Panels
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Renewable Energy Does not contribute to the
Greenhouse Effect

• Renewable/Sustainable
• Energy Sources
• GREEN ENERGY
• BLUE SKY

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Another reason to choose renewable energy sources
is The worlds fossil fuels are being used up
quickly !!

• There is little left for our current earth
  population and even less for future generations.

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Kids Carbon Credits Promote Energy Independence

• America uses 25 of the worlds oil supply.
• Only a small part is from our country.
• This means we have to rely on nature and other
  governments to run our schools, cars, factories,
  and homes.
• That can be bad for our families because we have
  to pay more for fuel and energy.

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America by far, uses the most fossil fuels of all
countries on earth, but Chinas use is also
increasing at a great rate! (This is another
reason to help everyone to use renewable, clean
energy.)
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What can we do???

• Buy Kids Carbon Credits!!
• You are investing in our independence from fossil
  fuels and supporting sustainable forms of energy
  for tomorrows children and all life on earth.

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Ask your local gas station or retail store about
Kids Carbon Credits

• Your opportunity to purchase Kids Carbon Credits
  is coming soon! Please join us in expanding this
  program to include your community.
• Contact Laurie Aguirre at Forest Ridge Elementary
  for more information about how you can become
  involved!
• 503.399.5548
• aguirre_laurie_at_salkeiz.k12.or.us
• (title subject Need Kids Carbon Credits Info)