Do you know what your impact on our planet is? You can learn about it by completing this fun activity!
Plan
- What is a Carbon Footprint? Why is it important to know and reduce?
- What things can make your carbon footprint grow? What can make it smaller?
- (Scouts, Venturers and Rovers) What is the Earth Overshoot Day? How has the date of this changed over the past few years? Decades?
Do
- Draw a Picture of your foot. Inside the foot, list all the things you do that make your footprint bigger.
- Outside the foot, list all the things you do to make your footprint smaller.
- (Scouts, Venturers and Rovers) Click here to calculate your Personal Overshoot Day.
Review
- Share your Carbon Footprint picture with the rest of your Unit. What on yours is different to the rest of your Unit? What is similar?
- What is ONE thing you are going to do to make your footprint shrink?
- (Scouts, Venturers and Rovers) How can you contribute to making the Earth overshoot day move later over the coming years and decades?
[This Activity is a part of the Champions for Nature Challenge. You can find more details here]
