Kids, have you thought about how your school can energy efficient?

Scoot and her friends at an Energy Efficiency Club meeting

While all schools might not be there just yet, going green has become a huge priority for schools across the country. Even though your Principal, teachers and parents are mostly responsible for taking steps to green your school, kids can certainly help the process along.

After Turn It Down Day, Scoot gathered together a bunch of of friends in the school yard to brainstorm energy efficiency ideas that they could bring to teachers and parents.  They came up with a bunch of cool ideas like installing light sensors in the classrooms and applying tinted film on the windows to stay cool. Why not start your own Energy Efficiency (EE) Club at school to see what great ideas you all can come up with?

What You Need

• Yourself
• Your friends
• Your thinking hats
• Paper and Pens

What To Do

• Gather all of your friends in the school yard or lunch room during recess.
• Tell everyone to watch Turn It Up Day to see what the Greenhouse Gang did to become more energy efficient.
• Ask everyone to give one idea for becoming energy efficient in the classroom, at recess or at lunch time.
• Have every body write down their ideas on a piece of paper.

Once you have collected 5-6 ideas, have the EE Club Rep take it to the teacher.