School Ecological Footprint Project

Why?
1. Increase engagement with climate change in schools
  1. Staff
    1. The power of staff example should never be understated
    2. Benefit to staff in professional and personal capacity
  2. Students
    1. Prepared and motivated young people ready to live and work in a low carbon Scotland
    2. Develop skills and knowledge around sustainability, climate change and energy awareness essential for further education, employment or other life paths
2. Measure and reduce carbon emissions in secondary schools
  1. Measure
    1. Systems link web reports
    2. Dashboard style monitor
    3. Ecological foot print calculator
  2. Reduce
3. Framework for replication
Where?
1. Secondary schools
  1. Why?
    1. Greatest need for engagement
      1. Levels of eco school engagement drops significantly from primary to secondary
    2. Highest potential for savings
      1. Collectively, highest energy and resource users within the local authority
        Secondary schools represent 1/3 of all energy use within SAC
      2. Low levels of staff engagement with Green Champions network or other current sustainability measures
      3. No power management software
    3. relevant time to introduce related careers, further education and opportunities
      1. Further Education
      2. Opportunities within apprenticeships or entrepreneurial routes
      3. Training and life skills
2. Primary and Nursery
  1. Not directly addressed within this phase of the project
    1. Why?
      1. Levels of engagement are already high with ecoschools
      2. Resource requirements
How?
When?
1. Proposed for June 2015 Launch

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