Solutions

A few suggested actions to help your students start thinking...if they need it!

Individual Actions

• Walk more
• Turn off lights
• Close windows when the heating is on
• Draw curtains in the evening
• Turn heating down by 2oC
• Reduce, reuse and recycle more

Schools' Actions

• Fit low energy light bulbs
• Install an energy efficient boiler
• Buy low carbon emission vehicles
• Generate energy using a woodchip boiler
• Insulate all school buildings to a high standard
• Produce your own renewable energy
• Serve locally sourced food
• Do not serve junk food
• Plant trees in the schools grounds
• Only buy recycled products where available

National Actions

• Set a national cap for carbon emissions
• Issue carbon credit cards
• Invest in renewable energy research and technologies
• Ban all cars failing emission standards
• Nationwide tree planting campaign
• More investment in public transport
• Build high speed train links between all cities
• Introduce a carbon tax