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Participate in Keep Connecticut Cool!Participating in Keep Connecticut Cool! is easy. Here is what you need to do: 1. Create and Register Your Team: Coaches can download a parental permission form (MS Word) During this phase students can visit the Keep Connecticut Cool Resources Section to learn more about climate science and the causes of climate change and to see examples of solutions other students have created. 2. Measure your greenhouse gas emissions: Teams for 2010 are asked to complete a greenhouse gas inventory.This can be individualized, with team members, families and/or the entire school or community making calculations. The greenhouse gas calculation will be part of your Team Entry that you will submit on or before April 10, 2010. Click here to learn more about the Greenhouse Gas Inventory. 3. Phase 1 (First Year Teams)
Create a Local Climate Change Solution Plan: Submission due: April 10, 2010 The second and most important part of your Team Entry for Phase 1 is the Local Climate Change Solution Plan. Your solution plan may focus on your school or your community. You decide what your goals are, how you will achieve them and how you will measure success. Use the 12 Steps to Sustainability to choose your projects. You will submit the Solution Plan on or before April 10, 2010.
4. Phase 2 (Returning Teams) Implementing Your Plan and Getting Results: May 2009 – April 2010 Between May 2009 and April 2010 teams will put their Solution plans into action in Phase 2 of the keep Connecticut Cool Challenge.
Teams will submit the results of their projects on or before April 10, 2010.
5. Judging and Awards
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