Cool it Schools press release

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. 

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.

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.

Concrete Jungle launched UK wide on the 19th May 2010 to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity 2010.

2011 Cool it Schools  Download as a pdf

The Jungle Fever campaign launched UK wide on the 21st March 2011 to save our beautiful rainforests through our power as consumers.

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