POSTER: Highlands Council Municipal Survivor Climate Challenge
A promotional poster for the climate challenge including Highlands Council's average footprint figures.
Highlands Council Challenges your Council to a carbon footprint duel with the launch of the Municipal Survivor Climate Challenge
LAUNCH DATE
APRIL 22, 2019
In our concern for climate change, Highlands Council would like to challenge your Council in a friendly competition to take the Municipal Survivor Climate Challenge to compare ecological footprints and to strive to take steps in daily life to reduce your Council’s average footprint. Only council averages will be used for comparison, and no individual results will be made known. We would also like councils to encourage their residents to take the challenge, the District of Highlands advertized the challenge in its Spring issue of its newsletter.
The calculator we have used is located at: https://www.footprintcalculator.org
It takes only a few minutes to fill out. This tool gives the following data based on subjective inputs by individuals:
- How many earths would be required if everyone lived like that person
- The ecological footprint (how many hectares of land would be required)
- The carbon footprint (tonnes of CO2)
Highlands Council average figures are:
- 2.4 earths
- 4.14 hectares
- 6.94 tonnes of CO2
Bragging rights go to the Council that:
- Starts with the lowest number of earths
- Has the largest reduction over one year
- Has the lowest number at the end of one year
And the fossil award would go to the council with the highest average.
The goals for this challenge are:
- To educate
- To engage community and the region in a simple and fun way
- To invite informal community participation
- To attract media coverage
- To demonstrate leadership in responding to the climate crisis
- To build local resilience
- To gain more support for climate policies and initiatives
- To empower individuals to take action
Will you accept the challenge?