Challenge 6
Welcome to the middle school challenge page for Challenge 6 of the Fairchild Challenge! Read below to find challenge information, entry requirements, resources and more for the challenge.
Challenge 6
Title: Climate Toolkit Posters
For Individuals or Groups | 200 points
Due Date: Fri., April 26, 2024 by 5 p.m.
Your Challenge:
Introduction: Share. Mentor. Learn. These are the three principles of the Climate Toolkit. The Climate Toolkit provides a collaborative platform for museums, gardens, and zoos interested in proactively tackling climate change within their institutions. It aims to empower these organizations to not only address climate change themselves but also to inspire the communities they serve to join them in taking action.
Essentially, the Climate Toolkit is a launch pad on which institutions from around the world are able to set climate-related goals and hold each other accountable. These goals fall under the categories of energy, water, food service, transportation, waste, landscapes and horticulture, investments, internal and external engagement, and research. Your challenge is to use the Climate Toolkit website to research a participating institution and create a poster to teach others about the goals and actions that institution is implementing to combat climate change.
Challenge:
On the homepage of the website, you will see icons for the 9 categories listed above. Select one of these categories, preferably the one you are most interested in learning about, and from there, click through the institutions that have set goals within that category. Once you have selected an institution, research their primary Focus Area along with any Additional Goals they are setting. Which ones have they completed? Which ones are they still planning on working on? Visit their website and learn more about what they do, where they are located, some potential challenges they might face, and what kind of positive impact their changes will have. Your research should be displayed on a poster and contain at least 3 Works Cited.
Submissions that receive the highest scores will be featured on the Climate Toolkit website!
Entry Requirements: Deliver to the High School Programs Coordinator at Phipps in person or via certified mail.
- Challenge Entry Form
- For completion by individual students or small groups
- Maximum Number of Entries per School: 2
- Research presented in poster format
- At least 3 Works Cited
Address:
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
The Fairchild Challenge c/o Alyssa Mulé
One Schenley Park
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Resources:
- The Climate Toolkit: Home - The Climate Toolkit
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