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Cool School Challenge: Empowering Students for Climate Action

The Cool School Challenge aims to educate young people about climate change and inspire actions that can reduce their carbon footprint. Through engaging lesson materials and activities, participants will explore the causes and effects of global warming while fostering a community of empowered student leaders. By implementing the challenge in schools, students will learn practical steps to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and advocate for a healthier environment. Join us in creating a generation of environmental advocates committed to making a difference!

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Cool School Challenge: Empowering Students for Climate Action

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  1. Cool School Challenge Olympic Educational Service District Mason PUD#3 Grid Technologies

  2. GETTING TO KNOW YOU

  3. Renewable Demand Response™

  4. Why don’t the windmills always spin?

  5. OBJECTIVES for Today • Deepen understanding about causes, effects and trends in global climate change. • Understand the roll of carbon in global climate change. • Participants will be able to utilize Facing the Future and Cool School Challenge lesson materials. • Participants will be able to use the materials and tools to be able to implement the Cool Schools Challenge in their schools.

  6. Global Warming

  7. What Do you know?

  8. What do scientists know? Brian Smoliak

  9. Global Warming

  10. The goals of the Cool School Challenge are to: • Educate young people, and by proxy their families, about climate change and everyday actions they can take to reduce their impact locally and globally;  • Reduce carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in and around schools;  • Encourage student leadership and empowerment; • Foster a community of teachers/students working together to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions; and • Foster a new generation of environmental/air quality advocates. Cool School Challenge

  11. Cool School Challenge

  12. Get Started • Form a Team • A Challenge Coach • Student Challenge Leaders • Decide on your Timeline • Notify Teachers & Administrators • Develop a participation strategy

  13. Conduct an Audit

  14. Create an Action Plan

  15. Take the Pledge

  16. Monitor & Evaluate • Conduct a post-survey. • Estimate the amount of CO2 classrooms would save in one school year • Optional: Prepare a Cool School Challenge Report Card for each classroom.

  17. Share Your Results

  18. Lunch- back by 12:45!!!!!

  19. CLASSROOM AUDIT KIT

  20. Conduct an Audit

  21. Entering Data • Cool School Challenge website • Take the Challenge • Monitor & Evaluate • Classroom Carbon Calculator

  22. Resources

  23. Putting CSC in Context • Cool School Challenge Resources • Facing the Future

  24. Reflections & Evaluations

  25. Clock Hours……

  26. Cool School Challenge Olympic Educational Service District Mason PUD#3 Grid Technologies

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