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Leaving a Lasting They shape not only
what students learn, but

Impression how they think, behave,
interact with the world, and
empower learners to feel

confident and capable of
making a difference.

Through education,
leadership, and setting an
example, schools can inspire
and amplify environmentally
responsible and lasting
habits that ripple beyond
the classroom and into
A carbon footprint is a term calculators available to help homes and communities.
often used to describe the you or your school to measure But there is another concept
negative impact that we yours: that considers the effects of
leave on the environment, a person’s life on the climate,
through our contribution which includes not just personal
to greenhouse gases being WWF Footprint emissions, but also the harder
emitted because of things Calculator to measure ripple effects of
such as the goods we buy, the Carbon Calculator - your choices and influence on
food we consume and the ClimateHero others — the climate shadow.
fossil fuels we burn. Count Your Carbon - Eco

Schools Schools are powerful

Our carbon footprint can communities of influence,
become larger or smaller, uniquely positioned to drive
depending on the choices we positive environmental action
make and there are various and cast wide and lasting
climate shadows.