"The Concord Conserves Carbon Calculator is an excellent addition to the curriculum at CCHS. Along with Concord Conserves, the high school students are helping to make Concord and Carlisle greener communities."
PETER NICHOL, Earth & Environmental Science Teacher, Concord-Carlisle Regional High School
The Carbon Calculator was used by students at Concord Carlisle High School as part of the earth science curriculum. The calculator includes the ability to:
- Calculate: Displaying the size of a person's carbon footprint is based on the size of their home, energy usage, food, and the amount of trash produced as well as other factors.
- Reduce: Listing over 50 actions, promoting local town programs.
- Compare: A dashboard that compares an individual's footprint to others in Concord, Carlisle, and the rest of the world as well as the ability to join groups and compare reductions with others.
Other Concord Conserves initiatives include:
- Collaborating with citizen climate activists to launch the Concord on Tap campaign to ban single-serve plastic water bottles via Concord Bottle Water Bylaw and town meeting. This included designing a logo, creating the Concord on Tap website, and providing financial infrastructure for the campaigns.
- Developing and managing a local Conservation Fair in Concord, MA that included over 20 exhibitors such as local CSAs, green building companies, and Town of Concord energy demos.
- Running a conservation challenge to reduce carbon in the town of Concord.
