Competitions

Cool Climate Challenge 2011 - 2012

Worried about climate change? Want to make a difference? Then take part in our Cool Climate Challenge!

Prizes!

The following prizes are up for grabs...

£1000 to the winning school.
£500 to the school of the runners up.
£250 to the school who get third place.

All prize money must be spent on another school climate change project.

So what's the Challenge?

Groundwork Pennine Lancashire and United Utilities are challenging your school to make a real difference to climate change by designing an innovative way to reduce your school's global footprint.

All you have to do is create and run a project to help reduce your school's global footprint and tell us how you did it. Don't forget to measure your school's footprint before you start and once you have finished so that you can see the difference!

Get started!

Speak to one of your teachers and/or your Eco-Council, check out the judging criteria, see who has won in the past, and download some helpful hints and tips on creating the perfect project.

1.    Method - Choose a method to calculate your school's global footprint. See the ‘How do I calculate my school's global footprint?' section below.
2.    Plan - Set targets to reduce your school's global footprint and plan how you will reach these.
3.    Do - Carry out your project.
4.    Check - Did you reach your targets? What was successful and what could you have done better?
5.    Act - What did you learn about reducing your school's global footprint? How are you going to spread the word to help other school's reduce their footprint?
6.    Plan - What footprint reducing project would you spend the prize money on if you won?

Record it!

Don't forget to keep notes, records, photos, and / or film clips about your project as you go along. These will help you answer the questions on the competition Entry Form.

Send it!

Send your entry to arrive no later than the 15^th of June 2012 to:

Cool Climate Challenge
Groundwork Pennine Lancashire
Environment Centre, Nova Scotia Wharf
Bolton Road
Blackburn, BB2 3GE

Or if it isn't too big (maximum size 8MB) email it to: pennlancs.admin@groundwork.org.uk

Closing date is June 15th 2012