Cool it Schools

www.coolitschools.com is an online global show case where young people can display their climate change projects. It provides a rich insight into the attitudes, aspirations and wishes of the people for whom the future matters most – the next generation. Teachers can register at Coolitschools.com and get their very own ‘showcase’ to upload writings, photographs, films and sound based work made by their pupils. The web site has links that take you to the heart of the matter, and a comprehensive list of suggested topics approved by the Royal Society’s climate team. There are also handy readymade projects, useful if time is at a premium.

CONCRETE JUNGLE - 19.05.10

Click here to listen to the Charter School on the BBC World Service, One Planet Show.
Click here to read the cooltribe.com blog.
Click here to read the dothegreenthing.com blog.
Click here to download the press release.
Click here to read the online BBC News arcticle.
Click here to read the online Natural History Museum article.

READERS DIGEST - Christopher Middleton
Painting a better future. Click here to download the article.

THE PRINCES RAINFOREST PROJECT - Oct 2009
Cool it Schools joined forces with the Princes Rainforest Project on the 'Win a Tree-mendous Rainforest Frog' competition. Click here to download more information.

THE ECOLOGIST - Rebecca Heald 27th July 2009
Can climate art help save the world? Click here to read the online article or here for the download.

THE TIMES - Chloe Lambert 21st July 2009
'It's Cool for Kids !' - Schools lead the way on climate change. Click here to download the article.

NOT JUST FOR SCHOOLS
Calling museums, cultural centres, churches, refugee groups, youth clubs, wildlife trusts and art galleries… everyone is welcome.

WORLD WIDE BOND
The global reach of Cool it Schools will enable children to understand how climate change is affecting their peers and feel part of a team as they find and share solutions to protect their most vital resource, the ecosystems of planet earth. Schools who have joined the project include a fully sustainable school deep in the Amazon Rainforest, one in Borneo, China and Ghana. The community is growing all the time.

EXTENDING THE CURICULUM
Cool it Schools presents the perfect opportunity to invite a whole range of specialists: artists, scientists, musicians, actors, writers, journalists, economists, climate campaigners or green businesses to come into school, arrange a debate, screen Age of Stupid or measure your school’s carbon footprint.

THE CHARTER SCHOOL
LONDON SCHOOL LEADS THE WAY
In July 2009, 800 children from The Charter School created the vast multimedia installation ‘Some Like It Hot’. Jane langley and 17 students from City and Guilds of London Art School, worked alongside the pupils and their teachers, to produce 4,000 artifacts, recycling an entire stage set donated by the National Theatre. “Climate change had long been an ongoing topic amongst our pupils both within lessons and in playground discussions. So an opportunity to create something to highlight such a crucial issue and then to showcase it both physically in our school but also electronically across the world was a chance to good to miss” commented David Sheppard, headteacher.

The next Cool it Schools initiative is the Concrete Jungle project, launching UK wide on the 19th May to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity 2010.

 2009 Cool it Schools  Download as a pdf