For the second straight year, students at Beach Grove Elementary have won the B.C. Sustainable Energy Association’s Cool It Challenge.
With a whopping 96 per cent, Ms. Cotter’s Grade 4 class were the winners. The Delta student with the highest number of greenhouse gas reductions is Finton Shantz from Ms. Dobie’s Grade 6 class at Beach Grove.
According to a news release from the Corporation of Delta, 10 workshops at six elementary schools resulted in commitments that will result in the reduction of an estimated 182 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to 39 passenger vehicles taken off the road for a year.
Previously known as the Climate Change Showdown, the Cool It! Climate Leadership Training program develops and empowers young sustainability champions in schools in B.C. The new Cool It! program connects with the B.C. curriculum in the areas of science, math and social studies, as well as core competencies.
“The continued dedication and initiative Delta’s young people are taking to change their behaviour when it comes to energy consumption is inspiring,” said Mayor Lois Jackson. “Collectively, small changes add up to big impacts and long-lasting actions to protect our environment.”
Between April and June 2017, the workshops were delivered to different schools across Delta to students from grades 3 through 7. The workshops included the four-week Cool It! Challenge encouraging students and their families to make changes to their energy consumption habits.
At the end of the four weeks, B.C. Sustainable Energy Association staff calculated the savings by each classroom, with the class saving the most through greenhouse gas reductions awarded a prize.
