Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Our 6th grade class spent the last week of school working to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions that are created by automobiles. Students tracked their travel by automobile, and kept track of alternative transportation methods like carpooling, bus travel, walking and biking. Forty -two students participated in this project for 6 days beginning on Thursday, May 29.













Here are our results:

• Car miles -- 2329



• Carpool miles -- 768



• Combined trip miles -- 115



• Bus miles (including our field trip) -- 2049



• Bike miles -- 20



• Walking miles -- 25

Total saved miles -- 2977 miles


Calculated CO2 emissions reduction -- 2,680.3 pounds


Results have been forwarded to the Northeast Sustainalbe Energy Association (the organization that provided the materials for this project.

Here is the text of the email response that we received from them:


Dear Sue,
Thanks for the email. It's delightful to hear that folks are finding and utilizing our resources outside of our region.
I do hope your students are proud of themselves - how impressive!
Sincerely,
Arianna

Arianna Alexsandra CollinsEducation Director, NESEA50 Miles St., Suite 3Greenfield, MA 01301413-774-6051 x.21mailto:x.21acollins@nesea.org
http://www.nesea.org/