High School Climate Challenge

High School Climate Challenge (HSCC) is an innovative program providing high school communities with the tools to assess and reduce their school’s carbon footprint and contribute to climate change solutions and sustainable schools.

Our carbon calculator and associated resources will support students in developing concrete and relevant action plans. Students input data on electricity, heating, paper, waste, water, refrigerants and land use to track and calculate school greenhouse gas emissions.  Our resources support a multitude of climate actions that you can take in your school.

Interested in getting your school, class or club involved?

GET STARTED NOW!

1. Register your school to gain access to the carbon calculator

2. Book your Champion presentation 

3. Take Action!  Top three schools in Canada win cash prizes for their environmental clubs.  Top prize $1,000.

4. Share - Send us your successes by submitting your actions and earn bonus points by posting pictures of your climate actions on Clean Air Champions' facebook page

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Latest Program News
  • COOL 2.0, energizing and engaging students through powerful Web-based learning!

    GreenLearning Canada has just launched COOL 2.0, a powerful new online community for teaching and learning about energy and sustainability. Gordon Harrison of GreenLearning, “We have had the good fortune to work with the CAC team on a number of educational initiatives and are proud to feature HSCC in COOL 2.0.”

     
    COOL 2.0 gives teachers access to the best education resources on renewable energy, climate change issues and solutions, and energy conservation and efficiency. Over 25 partner organizations, including CAC, have contributed to this rich database. 
     
    COOL 2.0 is a unique online community enabling teachers to customize education resources for your students and manage student learning create learning.  In COOL 2.0, students complete assignments that integrate blogs, mapping, online discussions, media galleries and collaborations.
     
    COOL 2.0 is for teachers, Grades 5 to 12, in Science, Geography, Design and Technology, Language Arts, and Business-Economics.  It’s free, all you need to do is register.