Sustainability Courses
Our project-based learning courses help students develop eco-literacy skills, build in-house sustainability capacity, and unlock the sustainability learning embedded in the school's campus and daily life.
Carbon Literacy for Schools
The science of climate change and what students can do about it.
Carbon Literacy is, “an awareness of the carbon costs and impacts of everyday activities and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organisational basis.” Metanoia’s Carbon Literacy for Schools Course offers students an in-depth understanding of climate change. Students will explore the science behind climate change, the consequences of continued global heating, possible reduction and mitigation strategies and their socioeconomic impacts. They will have the opportunity to use a sophisticated climate change model to better understand the complex factors that contribute to carbon emissions, as well as the actions required to achieve net-zero by 2050. Students will estimate their personal carbon footprint and play a game that develops their ability to determine the carbon emissions associated with everyday activities and objects.
Solar Schools 101
Renewable Energy on Campus - How to design and build a rooftop solar system
Students, faculty and non-teaching staff will gain a solid understanding of rooftop solar systems and be guided through the process of developing a robust and actionable feasibility study for installing rooftop solar at their school. A proposal for the project will be presented to senior leadership.
Biodiesel
The Circular Economy in Action - How to turn food waste into biodiesel for our school buses
Students, faculty and non-teaching staff will learn about offsetting and what to look for when identifying a reliable offsetting programme. Course attendees will research and recommend an offsetting scheme for their school and develop an offsetting policy for the school, which will be pitched to senior leadership at the end of the course.
Carbon Crunch
Offsetting our travel carbon footprint
Students, faculty and non-teaching staff will learn about offsetting and what to look for when identifying a reliable offsetting programme. Course attendees will research and recommend an offsetting scheme for their school and develop an offsetting policy for the school, which will be pitched to senior leadership at the end of the course.
Assessing the Impact of Our School Lunches
How to analyse and assess the environmental impact of the food we are served at school
Students, faculty and non-teaching staff will learn about food sustainability issues in production, consumption and disposal. Course attendees will analyse data from their school, provided by the food service provider, in comparison with the EAT Lancet Commission’s Planetary Health Diet. Their findings and recommendations will be presented to senior leadership and the food service provider at the end of the course.