All Schools Sustainability Competition

Ashland All Schools Sustainability Competition!
Sponsored by the Ashland Conservation Commission and City of Ashland
 
All entries due by 5pm on May 9, 2014.
 
Please email Submission Forms  to Adam Hanks (adam@ashland.or.us) or drop off printed forms at the Community Development Building at 51 Winburn Way (across from the entrance to Lithia Park)
 
Click Here for Informational Flyer 

Competition #1:  Create a performance about sustainability for the “Green” Green Show with OSF. Work individually or join with your classmates to display artwork or put on a 5-minute play, dance, song or performance art addressing sustainability. The winning individual or group will perform at a special production.
 
Some ideas:
Performance art                                      Singing or poetry
Musical instruments                               Dancing
Drawing and/or painting                       Video
 
Additional information:
Artwork and/or performances will be judged during the week of May 12-16th by a panel of judges from city government and the general population. Up to 3 awards will be given. Grade/age will be taken into consideration.
 
Awards:
Winners will perform at a special “Green” Green show (date TBA).
 
Competition #2:  Make your school more sustainable. Describe a project that saves energy, water, and/or resources. Projects implemented in the last year are eligible, as are brand new ones.
 
Some ideas:
  • Evaluate your school’s carbon footprint and identify target areas for reducing it
  • Band with other students to reduce household carbon footprints
  • Take the Green Schools Pledge at greenschools.net
  • Start a Sustainability Club and develop goals for next year
  • Reduce electricity use/switch to renewable energy
  • Increase alternative transportation (walk, bike, skateboard, carpool)
  • Conserve water and/or resources (eg. reduce waste, increase recycling)
  • Switch to locally-sourced food
  • Other actions (get creative!) that save resources, energy, and money
 
Additional information:
Projects will be judged during the week of May 12-16th by the Conservation Commission. Up to 3 awards will be given. Grade/age will be taken into consideration.
 
Some criteria to be considered include:
  • Number of students involved (including those who participate in any sort of effort, such as biking to school or collecting recycling)
  • Creativity/fun
  • Actual energy and/or resources conserved
  • Potential energy and/or resources conserved (if the project is a plan, but has not been implemented)
  • Educational value (if the project serves to teach others about sustainability or specific issues related to sustainability)
  • Additional benefits (such as better health, cleaner air/water, social equity, monetary savings, etc.)
  • Note: Not all criteria need to be addressed by all projects.
 
Awards:
Winners will receive an ice cream party for up to 35 students. Awards will be announced at a special production of the “Green” Green Show (date TBA) and also at a school function.
 
Additional resources:
Classroom carbon calculator - http://www.nwf.org/Eco-Schools-USA/Become-an-Eco-School/Cool-School-Challenge/Materials.aspx
 
Kids’ carbon calculators - http://www.cooltheworld.com/kidscarboncalculator.php
http://www.meetthegreens.org/features/carbon-calculator.html
 
Household carbon calculators (in order from less to more detailed) –
http://www.conservation.org/act/live_green/carboncalc/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/ind-calculator.html
 
Top 10 tips to improve food sustainability in schools - http://www.nwf.org/Eco-Schools-USA/Become-an-Eco-School/Pathways/Sustainable-Food/Tips.aspx
 
Green Schools Pledge (plus lots of other information) - http://www.greenschools.net
 
Reducing food waste/donating food to shelters and soup kitchens - http://www.upworthy.com/this-guy-was-shocked-at-the-amount-of-food-his-college-cafeteria-threw-away-so-he-did-something-3?c=ufb1
 
Coal: The Musical - http://www.coalmusical.com/COAL.html
 
Addressing the root causes of waste - http://upstreampolicy.org
 
School resources, calculators, and “ideas for school green teams” - http://oregongreenschools.org    
 
Climate change audit for individuals and schools - http://www.nwf.org/Eco-Schools-USA/Become-an-Eco-School/Pathways/Climate-Change/Audit.aspx
 
Films about sustainable living around the worldhttp://www.greenlivingproject.com
 
Artondale Elementary School’s Cool School Challenge - http://www.nwf.org/Eco-Schools-USA/Become-an-Eco-School/Cool-School-Challenge.aspx
 
Ideas from the “Green Ribbons” program for sustainable schools - http://www.greenschools.net/article.php?id=245
 
http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/administration-honors-us-department-education-green-ribbon-schools-and-district-
go to link A report with state-by-state summaries of the 78 honorees can be found here.
 
Saving money by saving energy - http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/high-school-notes/2012/06/06/high-schools-go-green-to-save-some-green

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