Climate Clubs

Energy Savers Week

Invitation to participate in "Energy Savers Week" as part of Climate Clubs

Thanks to your support and enthusiasm, Climate Clubs is well underway for 2011! We are keen to keep our Climate Club families and school communities engaged over the next five months in how they can save energy and earn Climate Club points (and funds) for their school. Over the course of the competition we will do our best to inform you of opportunities do this.

One such upcoming opportunity is Energy Savers Week, 1-5 August 2011 which is being organised by Origin Energy, one of our Climate Clubs sponsors.

Energy Savers Week celebrates schools across Australia who are learning about energy efficiency and spreading the word through their communities. To participate, school teachers and their classes are invited to submit entries online to show how they are learning and teaching others about energy efficiency.

The first 25 entries will receive an energy efficiency gift from Origin Energy, and five major winners will receive $1000 cash for their school .

Through Climate Clubs we know that your school is already doing a great job to reduce electricity use at home and to educate the students about why this is important. So you already have a head start on the competition!

How to enter

To enter, a school teacher registers their class online, and submits information (with text, pictures or video etc) of the students participating in the Energy Savers activity, such as a Climate Clubs activity. Entries need to be submitted by teachers by Wednesday 27 July at:

www.forteachersforstudents.com.au/Origin/energy-savers-week-t.php

So if you have a class or a teacher at your school who has an interesting story to tell about saving energy, please encourage them to participate in Energy Savers Week. It will help your school win the Climate Clubs competition, reduce your carbon footprint and possibly win $1000 for the school!

For more details about Energy Savers Week, visit www.originenergy.com.au/education . (The website also has plenty of curriculum connected activities and worksheets for students.)

Energy Savings presentation at your school

As part of Energy Savers Week, Origin Energy has also offered to arrange an fun and educational energy savings presentation at up to three Climate Clubs schools participating in Energy Savers Week.

If your school would be interested in having such an event at your school please contact your Climate Clubs Captain.