Project Mission: Decrease Individuals' Carbon Footprints

Project Goals:

• increase awareness & understanding of the following terms
  • sustainability
  • carbon footprint
• help people create a pledge to change ONE thing they do on a daily basis (hence, EARTH DAY IS EVERY DAY)

Details:

• discuss the concept of carbon footprinting, why it is every person's responsibility to decrease their own, & REALISTIC, simple ways that we can
• create individual student pledges
  • trace foot, cut out & write the pledge on your paper "footprint"
• invite staff to create pledges as well
  • each student is responsible for "teaching" a staff member about carbon footprints & asking that staff member to fill out a footprint pledge
  • staff members are invited to join in the video if they's like
• create video of all pledges
• create "mural" of all footprints in the main hallway of school
• create a "shoe tree"
  • students bring in old shoes (instead of throwing them out!)
  • write footprint pledges on the shoes
  • create an arttistic "show tree" to display