Elverum Folk High School focuses on climate with its own climate agreement
Binding climate agreement for the school year 2020/2021
The agreement has been worked out between the school's action researchers, students and staff. Revised edition of the climate plan of 2017.
Drift
- Lower the indoor temperature in common rooms by two degrees
- Improve source sorting and waste management
- Ensure good labeling of waste management, source sorting in dormitories and in common rooms, plastic, paper, residues and biowaste
- There must also be a collection point for cardboard, plastic biowaste, residues, batteries, hazardous waste, glass and metal
- Expand the composting plant
- Expand "bicycle and kickpark" for use by students, staff and course participants
- Replacement of light bulbs for joints, re-insulation of door sections, door pumps
- Continue re-insulation of buildings
- Not the use of artificial fertilizers on the school grounds, but compost from own facilities
- Production of own electricity through photovoltaic systems for use in own greenhouse
- Reduce the use of dryers - increase the use of drying rooms
- Reduce water consumption, cold and hot
Kitchen
- Increase the use of local and short-distance food
- Less use of meat
- Four meals a week should be pure vegetarian
- At least one of the breakfasts should be oatmeal w / berries and yogurt
- Reduce the use of plastic when packaging
- Only use of cardboard and disposable cutlery at Aktiv for andre, parent party, closing party and any summer courses with many participants
- Plate sets are purchased for use on trips for students and for packed lunch lubrication
- Reduce food waste
- Increase the use of Fairtrade products
- Only serve jams of berries and fruits picked by students and staff
- Opportunity to be flexitarians (vegetarian Monday-Thursday)
- Production of own pork, sheep and goat meat
- Production of honey
- Take care of the species diversity on the school site (especially the brook valley)
- Grow your own tomatoes, potatoes and herbs
- Plant several fruit trees and berry bushes
- Internal control on the purchase of organic and short-distance food
Lessons
- Self-rescue electives
- Self-storage common subject
- Action research electives
- Redesign electives
- Arrange evenings for changing and repairing clothes
- Continue reducing flights
- When traveling, buy food and prepare food yourself, choose organic food
- All lines reduce the use of fossil fuels, reduce minibus use
- Snowboard, Backpacker and Outdoor activities use their own park somewhat
- Inform about public transport offers
- Offer to rent personal outdoor living equipment
- Take part in key agreements on climate emissions in folk high schools - annual climate report, annual climate plan and self-evaluation report with sustainability as a theme
- Include the UN's sustainability goals in education
- Sustainability as part of the formation handbook
- More use of the local community
- Buy used sweaters for use as school sweaters
- More teaching time for environmental subjects
- Measure the school's climate footprint with the students
- Communicate and develop sustainable attitudes
- Be an active driving force in the local community for a more sustainable development
Two students will return in December 2021 - at the school's expense - to check that the agreement is complied with.