Schools can do many activities!

• Take the pledge to be a sustainable school and have a plan for climate change actions 

• Raise awareness amongst school population and parents, plan some open days

• Devise classroom projects that interact with the immediate community

• Find out about local sustainable school suppliers and sustainable businesses.  Invite them to give a talk about their environmental credentials

• Many cities are working on becoming sustainable towns and cities across the world, find out from your local town authorities what their plans are to go zero carbon and develop sustainable neighborhoods

• Develop school projects to follow the waste, diverting away from landfills

• Get the school to do a waste audit, how much plastic packaging and general waste is being created

• How is the school waste collected, recycled and retrieved?  Invite the companies who do this to give a talk

• Follow the food, visit local farms using regenerative methods to grow food without fertilizers and chemicals

• Visit a community garden or allotments to find out how to grow vegetables

• Do a food waste audit, how much food is being wasted in school

• How is the food being repurposed through recycling?

• What is your schools carbon footprint? Monitor the energy use.  Have a go at using some free carbon tracking apps

• Invite parents and those in business to take actions to track their waste

• Plan an Environmental Awareness Week showcase some solutions to go zero carbon or other climate actions

• Hold classroom discussions on climate change issues, implementing Sustainable Development Goals, developing innovative solutions on sustainability  

• Send in questions to local town, city, government representatives about what the plans are to reduce carbon footprint

• Link up with other schools in your region or different country and share ideas on being global communities.