Overview

Create a variety of academic and nonacademic competitions centered on climate change, or harness existing competitions by introducing climate change as a topic.

Participants | Objectives | Related Initiatives  

Objectives

  • Debating climate change.Make climate change policy a debate topic for established high school competitions around the country, especially in climate-sensitive areas where natural events have highlighted the policy or planning significance of the issue (e.g., Florida).
  • Calculating the family carbon footprint. Launch a program whereby children and adults could participate in a competition to learn about family energy use – their greenhouse gas “footprint,” calculating their energy expenses, and figuring out how to reduce energy use. This competition could be judged by a local utility and the award could be free energy.

Related Initiatives

  • Chill Out Contest, National Wildlife Federation - How is your campus helping to solve the global warming crisis? Tell your story to win cash and prizes: Send your short essay and/or video and you are eligible to be featured in Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming, a multimedia broadcast on April 18, 2007. Solutions include, but are not limited to, energy efficiency, alternative transportation, habitat restoration and clean energy. The first 100 campuses that enter the essay contest will receive a DVD copy of An Inconvenient Truth for educational purposes on campus! All contestants will also be acknowledged during the Chill Out broadcast!
  • Also see Related Initiatives in “Review and Modify Financial Reward Structures in Academia.”Get involved in this action.