Shout 4, Challenge 3: Preserving Forests

Description

Use Microsoft's Carbon Footprint calculator to measure your school's carbon footprint, brainstorm ways to make its footprint smaller, and track your school's progress. Collaborate with other schools to organize a joint carbon footprint project.


Task

Use Microsoft's Carbon Footprint calculator (note this link is to measurement in UK £) to measure your school's carbon footprint. Research practical steps your school can take to make it smaller. Use Microsoft Excel to create a spreadsheet for a carbon footprint tracker to record your school's progress. You can post your tracker to the Shout 4 Sustain folder. Organize a joint Carbon Footprint global project with other schools participating in the Shout program! Use and publish a presentation that showcases your global project ideas to the Shout Global Classroom.


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