Over 30 000 pupils signed up for the international school campaign CO2nnect!
It is our great pleasure to be able to declare the campaign CO2nnect launched and the website www.co2nnect.org open!
The campaign is organized by the SUPPORT network.
The website http://www.co2nnect.org/, including registration, is for free to everyone, carries all information needed and collects reports and data straight into a shared internatonal database. All guideance needed for the activities can be found on the CO2nnect website, and is available in several languges. The English version of these guides is collected in a downloadable "teacher's guide", which can be printed as a booklet.
The theme for CO2nnect is transport and climate. The goals reach far beyond getting a deeper understanding of the emission problems related to transportation and include understanding the interlinking of social, environmental, cultural and economic aspects of the local transport system as well as acquiring skills to actively participate in local democratic processe. By submitting information to the shared database, pupils will also experience how to use ICT and the internet interactively for partnership and data analysis and what it is like to collaborate with researchers and generate reliable information. See Learning outcomes and About learnign outcomes for more information.
In short, pupils will enter their home-school distance, and what means of transport they use. They will be able to see how much CO2 this transportation generates and be able to compare their data with that of pupils in other schools in other countries. The idea is that this data is used as a basis for discussion and analysis of the local transportation system. After discussions in the class room, schools are encouraged to invite local politicians, parents and other stakeholders to discuss ways to improve the situation or hear the pupils' ideas.
You can read all about the suggested activities as well as background information about the learning goals, CO2 emission calculations and view the data entered by other schools. The activities include 10 steps, see the link for more information.
There is a two week intensive campaign March 16-27, when most participating schools will be actively working with the campaign activities - but the website will be open throughout the year and all schools/teachers are of course free to use the CO2nnect materials and fit it into their planning as they find best. During the two campaign weeks period there is also a climate and transportation expert answering questions from teachers and pupils.
We hope you will visit co2nnect.org!
Best regards,
the SUPPORT network