Cool It! Climate leadership program coming to Nanaimo Schools
NEWS RELEASE - Distributed April 11, 2022 1:00 PM
Summary
At their March 21, 2022 meeting, Nanaimo City Council committed up to $10,000 to support participation in the BC Sustainable Energy Association's (BCSEA) Cool It! Climate Leadership Training Program for Nanaimo school students.
BCSEA is a non-profit association committed to promoting the understanding, development and adoption of sustainable energy and energy conservation and efficiency in British Columbia. The Cool It! program is a climate education workshop and contest for students in grades 4 and 5 and secondary school classes. Classroom students participate in interactive workshops and games to support discussion and build on knowledge of climate change. Following the workshop, students work on a four-week Cool It! challenge that encourages families to make important changes to their energy consumption.
By educating and empowering Nanaimo school students to shift their behaviours and take actions to reduce their impacts on climate change, the Cool It! program aligns directly with the Green and Empowered Nanaimo Goals of the draft City Plan - Nanaimo ReImagined. The draft plan includes specific policies that support communication and capacity building actions to address climate change, as well as collaborative partnerships between the City and Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools.
For more information on the City of Nanaimo's climate action initiatives, visit the Green Initiatives tab on www.nanaimo.ca.
Link to Strategic Plan: Programs that educate and promote sustainable forms of energy use support Council's commitment to be an environmentally responsible community.
Key Points
- The BC Sustainable Energy Association offers the Cool It! Climate Leadership Training Program for elementary and high school students throughout BC.
- Nanaimo schools’ participation of this program will provide an opportunity for students and their families to increase their knowledge on climate change and encourage them to take practical actions that would help advance the City’s greenhouse gas reduction targets.
- Council allocated up to $10,000 from the Climate Action Reserve Fund to support elementary and high school classes to participate in the program.
- If the program is successful, City staff will return to Council to report on the project outcomes and potential ongoing support for the program and its associated cost.
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- The Cool It! Climate Leadership Training program (the Cool It! Program) has been working with BC youth for over ten years and empowering youth sustainability champions throughout BC.
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