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Goethe-Schule Delegation

at the Student Climate Summit 2023

By Evelina Mahler

This year our school was invited to participate in the first Student

Climate Summit at the Lincoln Schools Association along with St

Andrew's School, St George's, Lincoln school and Gartenstadt Schule

on April 21 and 22, coinciding with the eve and celebration of Earth

Day.

The objective of this conference was to deliberate and decide what

actions schools can take to reduce their carbon footprint and have a

positive impact on reducing global warming. .

In preparation of this project we sent an anonymous survey to all high

school students (525 in total) through Google Forms, asking them

about their appreciation on the management of different aspects of

the school that impact the carbon footprint and the possibility of

finding solutions. At the end of the survey, the students were invited to

participate in the project by forming a team to address one of the

multiple problems found and present our proposals to the Summit.

Respondents were asked to rate the following aspects from "very

poorly managed" (1 point) to "very well managed" (5 points). The rating

averages can be seen in the following table:

Average rating

Recycling and residue management 3,26

Disposables management 2,83

Use of paper 2,39

Energy management 2,84

Transport to and from school 2,39

Environmental education 2,84