CAL Communicate-Apply-Learn The idea – A simple yet an effective project The kindergarten The elementary school The secondary school Eco-Schools: An international programme for environmental education that aims to empower students to follow a sustainable lifestyle.

Laugalaekjarskoli A program designed to encourage City divisions to include environmental actions in their operation and to support environmental actions in the City´s many divisions. Signed up for participation January 25th 2013 Green steps is a simple and accessible system based on a number of actions affecting the environment. Recycle waste, reduce use of electricity and heat, increase the share of environmental friendly procurement and increase the usage of hydrogen transport for employees during working hours.

How can I help? The Project - A questionnaire - A presentation - A poster

Why a questionnaire? 1.Introduction. 1.Curiosity. 2.Evoke a thought. 3.For the school board. 4.Poster/Discussions.

Recycled paper was used for the questionnaire.

1. Are you interested in environmental issues? 2. Do you think it´s important to preserve nature? 3. Do you sometimes wonder from where we get the material to make products (e.g. the material cell phones are made of, plastic in plastic bottles, etc.)? 4. Do you sometimes wonder what happens to the products/material we throw away? 5. Do you think it´s important to recycle waste? 6. Is waste sorted at your home? 7. Is more than one color of outdoor-garbage bin at your home? 8. Do you (or anyone in your family) take bottles and cans to the recycling center? 9. Do you want waste to be sorted in Laugalaekjarschool? 10. Are you worried about climate change and the effects it has on Earth?

The Presentation The core of the project Why talk about consumption and waste? Click on the link below/or download in another tab to look at the Prezi presentation

Poster Summarization of the project: -The questionnaire-The presentation -The suggestions

Questionnaire : 9th- & 10th grade. 1. Are you interested in environmental issues? 2. Do you think it´s important to preserve nature? 3. Do you sometimes wonder from where we get the material to make products (e.g. the material cell phones are made of, plastic in plastic bottles, etc.)? 4. Do you sometimes wonder what happens to the products/material we throw away? 5. Do you think it´s important to recycle waste? 6. Is waste sorted at your home? 7. Is more than one color of outdoor garb.bin at your home? 8. Do you (or anyone in your family) take bottles and cans to the recycling center? 9. Do you want waste to be sorted in Laugalaekjarschool? 10. Are you worried about climate change and the effects it has on Earth? Yes 46% No 29% Don´t know 25% Yes 97% No 0% Don´t know 3% Yes 52% No 40% Don´t know 8% Yes 70% No 20% Don´t know 10% Yes 81% No 4% Don´t know 15% Yes 56% No 38% Don´t know 6% Yes 55% No 45% Don´t know 5% Yes 96% No 2% Don´tknow 2% Yes 52% No 11% Don´t know 37% Yes 60% No 15% Don´t know 25% The presentation Consumption/ Waste – the main points Environm. friendly Laugal.school: Suggestions from students We are using Earth´s resources faster than they can be replenished. Humanity´s ecological footprint is estimated at 1.5 Earths. We are “borrowing” resources from future generations, polluting heavily and putting pressure on tipping points in the natural system. We can´t “pay the loan” unless we live sustainably: Don´t use Earth´s resources faster than it can produce them. Lets use Earth´s resources wisely, that is, without preventing people in the future from using them. The law of conservation of mass tells us that waste remains on Earth. In the natural world the waste of one organism become nutrient for other organims. Humans, on the other hand, produce enormous amounts of waste that nature can´t recycle and therefore it pollutes the environment. But we can, with cooperation, good will and creativity reduce waste production. -Sort waste/more bins -More education/environm. Science classes -Pick up garbage on the school zone once a month -Use garbage to make art in art class -Get credits for walking or cycling to school -Collection competition (cans &bottles) between classes -Use towels in lavatories instead of paper tissues -More efficient e-teaching/stop printing home assignments -Bring food without packaging in a lunch box -Use eco-friendly cleaning products instead of the chemical now being used -Save electricity/turn computers and lights off

The Results

Watchmen of the Environment 2013 Thanks To 10th grade students of Laugalaekjarskoli For participating in the project competition held by The Ministry for The Environment and Natural Resources, The Icelandic Environmental Union and Reykjavik Nature- School. The goal of the competition is to encourage young people to act in the interest of environmental preservation, draw attention to youth´s vision on environmental issues and ask for guidance from younger generations regarding environmental preservation. Reykjavik, day of the environment, 25th April 2013 Acknowledgement

Barriers to Green Steps Green Steps: Introduction and implementation; Autumn Sorting bins Turning off computers Who should do what? Behavior change

Link to a video of the whole presentation at Laugalaekjarskoli THANK YOU!