Cut The Carbon - a low carbon lifestyle training package for schools

Posted: 15 January 2009

Cut The Carbon uses balloons, inflatable globes, carbon credit cards, dinosaurs... and the Cut The Carbon board game, to enable pupils and teachers to become more carbon literate. Participants learn through playing the game, via group work and guided teaching, how to reduce their carbon footprint towards a level of global equity.

This training and game is designed for years 5, 6, 7 & 8 and addresses key stages 2 and 3 and 4; but it has been played with all ages.

Cut The Carbon has been developed over two years and played in 30 schools so far throughout the UK, with over 95% of pupils wanting to play it again and 98% making the link between climate change and their lifestyles.

For further info visit: www.cutthecarbon.com

For a report from the Cut the Carbon 2008 school programme in Sutton contact Simon Corbey: 07837 568 011 or email: simon.corbey@cutthecarbon.com