Drawdown Eco-challenge

Vision: To have RCSD staff, students, their families and friends identify, communicate, and practice concrete actions that reverse climate change.

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Welcome to the

Rhinebeck Central School environmental clubs drawdown Eco-Challenge!

Drawdown Eco Challenge is a 21-day engagement program focused on carbon reduction offered in partnership by EcoChallenge.org and Project Drawdown https://drawdown.ecochallenge.org, https://nwei.org. This initiative challenges groups around the world to take action on environmental and social issues that matter most to them. The environmental clubs in each building are sponsoring the challenge in our district. As a team, we get to be one small part of this wonderful program!

CREATE ACCOUNT

Click here to create an account using your email account. *Under 13 needs parental permission.

Helpful sign-up hints:
- You can use our school postal (zip) code = 12572
- We live in the 05:00 Eastern Time Zone

TAKE ACTION

Once there, browse through the different challenges and select the actions you will take in the month of April. Challenges are broken down into the following seven major categories:
Track your progress on your Drawdown EcoChallenge Profile.

LEARN MORE

This site is a resource for meeting your goals. It gives you additional learning, interactives, ideas and local partners working on climate action. Share information you have learned here on your EcoChallenge profile with others.
This site has a page for every category with resources to make learning and doing easier for you! To see what challenges require specific actions (like research, money, volunteering, daily action), check out this spreadsheet. Each tab has a different challenge category.
We have also added a page with general resources on climate change and action. There is a local facebook page and also a Drawdown Hudson Valley Fabebook Page which covers what is happening in the Hudson Valley around the Drawdown Eco-Challenge. There are some fantastic events.
We are updating this site regularly. Check back!

FAQ’s

1. What is EcoChallenge?

Drawdown Eco Challenge is a 21-day engagement program focused on carbon reduction offered in partnership by EcoChallenge.org and Project Drawdown https://drawdown.ecochallenge.org, https://nwei.org This initiative challenges groups around the world to take action on environmental and social issues that matter most to them. The environmental clubs in each building are sponsoring the challenge in our district. As a team, we get to be one small part of this wonderful program!

2. What exactly do I have to do?

You get to pick challenges that you might enjoy or find interesting. You may want to try reducing animal products in your diet or reduce the amount of paper you use. Perhaps you walk or ride a bike more places, cut back on fossil fuels, take shorter showers or recycle more. There are a variety of challenges and at least one might appeal to you.

3. Why are we doing this? What do we win?

Not for money, trinkets, or trophies. We are doing this to improve ourselves, our schools, our community and our planet. All of our small actions add up to real change! The prize? The prize is YOU!You changing your behaviors to positively impact the world around you for sustainable environmental and social change…..plus bragging rights…and perhaps a visit with Paul Hawken?

4. What’s the catch?

THERE IS NONE. Seriously, there’s no cost! You don’t have to install solar panels or build a wind farm. We are just asking you to make a few small changes that can and will have a positive impact on our world.

5. How do I register for Eco Challenge? Ready to join?Go to the links on RCSD homepage, the Facebook page or use your QR scanner to get to the Eco Challenge. Then simply click the JOIN button for the April event. Please join the Rhinebeck Environmental Club’s ECO CHALLENGE RHINEBECK. (click on teams)

6. What if I don’t want to share all the personal information?

Many of the questions have “prefer not to answer” as an option. Feel free to choose that when registering!

7. The registration doesn’t have an age group under 14. How can my child participate?

Northwest Earth Institute allows younger students to enter as long as they have parent permission, so you may help your child sign up at home. A parent can also register and then just choose challenges in which the child can participate.

We would like to recognize Sarah Duffer and Asheville High School in North Carolina which shared their site structure and many of the resources found here. We have added to their initial collection with both local and general resources. We are all in this together!

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