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Are you ready to get a team going for the 2009-10 year?
Registered teams are eligible to attend this day-long, free, fun-filled event to:
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hear what past teams have done in their schools and communities
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free admission, lunch and activities included for team members
Register your team for the 2010 Keep Connecticut Cool year and r.s.v.p. for the February workshop to Laurel at kohll@easternct.edu
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2009 Winners Announced!
CONNECTICUT SCHOOL STUDENTS WIN THE KEEP CONNECTICUT COOL CHALLENGE AWARDS
On May 30th, Connecticut students faced the judges for the 2009 Cool It Climate Change Challenge Awards at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic. Six prizes from $1,000 to $3,000 were awarded for the students' climate change solutions. The top prize winners were Danbury High School and Coventry High School, each winning $3000. The schools to win the $1000 prizes were as follows: Irving A. Robbins Middle School, Hillcrest Middle School, Harbor Elementary School, St. Peter-Sacred Heart School.
Projects included recycling and energy efficiency actions in schools, such as energy audits, thermostats and sensors, light replacements and energy saving behaviors. Others included replacing Styrofoam trays in lunchrooms, raising climate awareness with student and community TV messages, family forums, film festivals, energy fairs, and music events. Also represented were projects to purchase rain forest land and carbon sequestration, support local farms, purchase solar installations and a "green" school store. Many teams presented proposals to their board of education and town councils.
This year 16 teams submitted plans for judging. Towns represented included Coventry, Danbury, East Lyme, Fairfield, Farmington, Lebanon, Meridan, New London, Stafford Springs, Stamford and Trumbell. Keep Connecticut Cool was started in 2006 as the Cool It Challenge, hosted by Clean-Air-Cool Planet and funded by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. The program has been administered by the Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University since 2007, and changed names to Keep Connecticut Cool in 2008. To date 47 teams, involving more than 450 students have worked to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in their schools and communities.
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2009-Phase One Winners
Each category is a $1000 prize
Teamwork: Harbor Elementary School, New London, CT
Collaboration: St. Peter Sacred Heart Middle School, Danbury, CT
Phase One Grand Prize Winner
Best overall team project, $3000 prize
Innovation, Teamwork and Collaboration: Coventry High School, Coventry, CT
2009-Phase Two Winners
Each category worth $1000
Teamwork: Irving A. Robbins Middle School, Farmington, Ct
Collaboration: Hillcrest Middle School, Trumbull, CT
Phase Two Grand Prize Winner
Best overall team project, $3000 prize
Innovation, Teamwork and Collaboration: Danbury High School, Danbury, CT
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