Support for School Sustainability Programs.
RNPEEC can provide sample action plans that can be used to help your school develop your own energy reduction programs in consultation with your local school community. Staff can also assist by giving advice on how to run your own your school energy audit.
Sustainable schools website provides energy audit tools:
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Earth Citizenship Field Programs
To support climate clever programs and schools that are focusing on energy reduction strategies, our Centre has developed programs that focus on the biosphere and concepts of ecological sustainability.
Students must understand this concept as a foundation for all other sustainability concepts. In this way sustainability at school can be linked to the natural world and the planet that supports us.
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Climate
Clever Energy Savers
Climate Clever
Energy Savers
is a 5 year program
facilitating
professional
learning and
student-directed
project work to
contribute to energy
savings and
greenhouse gas
emission reduction
in NSW government
schools.
The Climate
Clever Energy Savers
program is designed
to:
-
enable
student-directed
energy saving
and greenhouse
gas reduction
projects, linked
to the
curriculum and
to classroom
learning -
enhance
student
engagement and
subject-based
learning through
authentic
project work
based on
sustainability
and climate
change issues
-
allow
students to take
responsibility
for generating
ideas, for
raising
awareness and
for making a
difference in
their schools
and communities
regarding energy
efficiency
provide
primary and
secondary teachers
with learning
opportunities to
further develop
professional
knowledge and
skills, and with
resources to
facilitate
student-directed,
project-based
learning related to
energy efficiency.
Curriculum K-12
Directorate will
facilitate
professional
learning and provide
support materials
for regional staff
coordinating the
program and for
participating
teachers and provide
coordination support
throughout each
calendar year of the
program.
Regional award
committee members
will determine which
teachers/schools
participate in the
professional
learning in each
calendar year of the
program and which
schools receive
project
implementation
awards. Teachers and
schools will apply
using online
application
processes.
