Transportation Solutions
PATHWAYS TO SOLUTIONARY ACTION
GENERAL PATHWAYS TO ACTION FOR CAMPUS, CURRICULUM, COMMUNITY AND CULTURE
CAMPUS Examples
Entry-Level: Assess the school's transportation system, complete a system profile, and set up a method to monitor GHG emissions from transportation.
Mid Level: Improve the school's transportation system and reduce GHG emissions from transportation.
Full Integration: Create a comprehensive plan with the goal of achieving lower emissions from transportation.
CURRICULUM Examples
Entry-Level: Provide students with supplemental lessons that examine the transportation system.
Mid Level: Create lessons for students to analyze the transportation system and identify environmental, social, and economic issues. Students then apply their learning by collecting data from their campuses, developing awareness campaigns, and setting up action plans for their school.
Full Integration: Deliver sustainable transportation curriculum to a majority of students in the school. Ongoing education paired with campus events and exemplary facilities affords students a comprehensive understanding of the waste system.
COMMUNITY AND CULTURE Examples
Entry-Level: Host a one-off school and/or community-wide event about the importance of a sustainable transportation system with at least 10% participation.
Mid Level: Participate in a short-term awareness or action campaign focusing on sustainable transportation with 20-50% participation in the school community.
Full Integration: Implement an ongoing awareness or action campaign focusing on sustainable transportation with over 50% participation in the school community.
COMMUNITY IMPACT PROJECT RESOURCES FOR STUDENT, TEACHER, AND ADMINISTRATOR LEADERS
A community impact project (CIP) is service work done by a person or group of people that benefits a local community (school, neighborhood, city, etc.).
Student-Led Projects: Leading solutionary community impact projects allow student voices to be heard and incorporated into local policy, provides an opportunity for youth to develop leadership skills and career training, and can make lasting impacts that improve the health and wellbeing of a community. This resource provides a framework for student-led projects, as well as examples.
Teacher and Administrator-Led Projects: Leading solutionary projects provides an opportunity for administrators and teachers to make lasting impacts that improve the health and wellbeing of a school community. This resource provides a framework for administrator and teacher-led projects, as well as examples.
SOLUTIONARY EXAMPLES FROM DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Stockton Unified School District Case Study (video 31:52)
White Oaks Elementary School (San Carlos School District) - 2019-20: Sustainable Transportation in Curriculum and Instruction
Carlmont High School (Seqouia UHSD) - 2020-21: The Business Club starts a campaign to promote e-bikes and active transport to reduce GHG emissions.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Nueva School (2021-22) - Daniel Rosario, an 11th grader at The Nueva School, this year founded ‘TheEVProject’-- a nonprofit initiative focused on inspiring students across the world to take on engineering projects for sustainability.