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Page 1An Introduction to theHSBC Eco-Schools Climate InitiativePhoto: Buffalo Museum of ScienceFor schools interested in taking on thechallenge of learning about the issues andsolutions associated with Climate Change

Page 2“This programme will bethe largest internationalenvironmental educationprogramme of its kind andone about which HSBCand FEE are very excited.It aims to impact positivelyon young people aroundthe world through thedelivery of the Eco-SchoolsProgramme and theengagement of HSBCemployees.”– Simon Martin,Group Head of Sustainability,HSBC Holdings plcThe HSBC Eco-Schools Climate Initiative is anexciting three-year Global Initiative designedto affect climate change understanding andaction around the world. Developed by HSBC Bankand Eco-Schools, this model program strives todevelop a global network of K-12 schools activelyparticipating in learning about climate change and finding waysto reduce their impacts at school and within local communities.Seventeen countries currently participate in this Initiative.Participating schools follow the Eco-Schools Program seven-stepguided framework, partner with their local or regional HSBC bankfor volunteer support, receive teacher and volunteer training andseed funding for school implementation, and take part in competitionsto engage schools in on-the-ground actions. In the U.S., the NationalWildlife Federation (NWF) has partnered with HSBC North Americato pilot this program in Chicago, IL and Buffalo, NY. This booklet wasdeveloped to showcase our program work in the U.S. and to helpother schools replicate or adapt this model for their own school use.

PROGRAM IN PRACTICE IN THE U.S.In 2009, NWF teamed up with HSBC NorthAmerica to pilot the HSBC Eco-SchoolsProgram in Chicago, IL and Buffalo, NY. Duringthe first year we specifically worked with sevenschools in the greater Chicago region, includingpublic, private, and charter schools. In the secondyear, we recruited three more schools in Chicagoand nine schools in Buffalo.The best way to describe how individual schoolshave implemented this program is through theirown stories. Please see the CASE STUDIESthroughout this booklet for a brief look at sixparticipating schools.Participating U.S. SchoolsChicago, ILAbraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolDundee-Crown High SchoolWarren Township High SchoolCharles Gates Dawes SchoolAl Raby High SchoolAcademy for Global CitizenshipSt. Martin de Porres High SchoolRiverside Brookfield High SchoolWendell Phillips Academy High SchoolPaul Roberson High SchoolBuffalo, NYWindom ElementaryThe Nichols SchoolCharles R. Drew PS 90Charles R. Drew PS 59The Community Charter SchoolThe Park SchoolEnterprise CharterBuffalo Museum of Science

CORE COMPONENTS:Eco-Schools Program and VolunteersThe Eco-Schools program and the on-the-ground support of HSBC volunteersare key to the program’s success.Eco-Schools is an internationally acclaimed program that provides a frameworkto help educators integrate sustainable principles throughout their schools andcurricula. The Eco-Schools program was started in 1994 by the Foundation forEnvironmental Education (FEE) with support from the European Commission.It was named a model initiative for Education for Sustainable Development by theUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2003.The Eco-Schools program is currently active in 53 countries around the world, where it isused to model environmentally sound practices, provide support for greening curricula,and enhance science and academic achievement. In late 2009, the National WildlifeFederation became the host organization for Eco-Schools here in the United States.To date, more than 750 schools in 45 states and the District of Columbia are taking partin this program.The Eco-Schools program offers valuable resources and networks to inspire and assistschools in achieving their goals. The program’s framework focuses on action in threemain areas: the school building, the school grounds, and the curriculum. The programtakes a holistic approach to greening, striving to make environmental awareness andaction an intrinsic part of the school culture. The program is free for schools and isdesigned to be integrated into the existing school educational framework through aseries of seven steps and eight pathways of sustainability. www.eco-schoolsusa.orgVolunteers Help Energize and Support the ProgramThe support that HSBC and its employee volunteers play is the other key componentto the program’s success. HSBC has a strong commitment to addressing the issue ofclimate change and moving the world forward to achieve a low carbon economy.HSBC Holdings plc provides critical funding for this program, and individual HSBCcountry coordinators provide on-the-ground support for their employee volunteers.For example, in the U.S. the NWF has worked directly with HSBC North America,which is headquartered in Mettawa, IL.Each HSBC employee volunteer is trained and then works directly with a specific schoolto help in whatever way works best for the school and fits the volunteer’s time, interests,and skills. The amount of time each HSBC employee has to volunteer varies, as does therole they play in the program. For instance, some volunteers participate in the weeklyteam meetings and help to plan action projects with the students. Other volunteersprovide content presentations or help students with such activities as conductingenergy audits or researching and analyzing their school’s transportation data. Thisdirect community support allows the students and schools to break down classroomwalls and engage with and be mentored by professionals in their communities.

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSThe HSBC Eco-Schools Climate Initiative is a collaborativeinternational program which has been funded, developed, andimplemented by several key partners. These include:HSBC Holdings plcHSBC Holdings plc, the parent companyof the HSBC Group, is headquartered inLondon. The Group serves customers worldwide from around7,500 offices in 87 countries and territories in Europe, theAsia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa.With assets of USD 2,455 billion on December 31, 2010, HSBCis one of the world’s largest banking and financial servicesorganizations. HSBC is marketed worldwide as ‘the world’slocal bank.’ HSBC Holdings plc is the funder for this program.www.hsbc.comHSBC North America: HSBC North America Holdings Inc. isone of the 10 largest bank holding companies in the UnitedStates with assets of US 366.3 billion on June 30, 2011 (USGAAP). The company’s businesses serve customers in thefollowing key areas: retail banking and wealth management,credit cards, specialty insurance products, commercialbanking, private banking, asset management, and globalbanking and markets. www.us.hsbc.comFoundation for Environmental Education: The Foundationfor Environmental Education (FEE) is a non-governmentaland non-profit organization working to promote sustainabledevelopment through environmental education. FEE is mainlyactive through its five environmental education programs:Blue Flag, Eco-Schools, Young Reporters for the Environment,Learning about Forests, and Green Key.www.fee-international.orgEco-Schools: Eco-Schools is a global program forenvironmental management and certification,designed to implement sustainable developmenteducation in schools by encouraging youngpeople to take an active role in how their schoolcan be run for the benefit of the environment. Eco-Schools isFEE’s largest global program. www.eco-schools.orgPhoto: Academy of Global CitizenshipNational Wildlife Federation and Eco-SchoolsUSA: Established in 1936, the National WildlifeFederation (NWF) is America’s largest conservationeducation organization. NWF works with morethan four million members, partners, andsupporters in communities across the country toprotect and restore wildlife habitat, confront global warming,and connect people with nature. In the United States,NWF is the FEE affiliate member and host organization forEco-Schools USA. www.eco-schoolsusa.orgZerofootprint Challenge forSchools: The ZerofootprintChallenge for Schools is a globalinitiative encouraging schools around the world to measure,compare, and change their footprints. Zerofootprint providesthe software that allows schools to benchmark their impactand provides a platform for students to challenge one anotherto reduce energy use. www.usa.zerochallenge.org/challenge

BRINGING THE PROGRAM TO LOCAL SCHOOLS“My teacher, Mr.Hayes, encouragedme to participatebecause me and myfriends love animalsand the earth and wehelped make an earthclub. I hope to makemy school greenerand to make mycommunity greener.”– Student, The NicholsSchool, Buffalo, NYAny school — public, private, or charter — can participate.NNWF developed a marketing brochure to introduce the program and tohelp recruit schools and volunteers. As we worked with schools we foundit was important to highlight exactly what the program involved, i.e., whatwas expected from the schools, teachers, and students, and what theywould receive from NWF and HSBC in return. Suggestions for pilot schools to recruitcame from HSBC employees, existing NWF Schoolyard Habitat schools, school districtcontacts, and curriculum specialists within the districts.Once a school expressed interest, they were asked to sign a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MOU) with the National Wildlife Federation which outlined what wasexpected of the school and what they could expect to receive from the program. ThisMOU was signed by the principal to ensure that the participating educators receiveschool-wide support. Schools were also asked to register as an Eco-Schools USA schoolat on.aspx. Participating schoolsalso needed to sign up on the International HSBC Eco-Schools Climate Initiative site atwww.eco-schools-hsbc.org. The International Initiative provides additional resourcesand allows schools to document their programs and share information with countriesaround the globe.At the same time that teachers were being recruited, HSBC volunteers were alsorecruited. NWF also developed an outreach/marketing brochure to help recruitvolunteers. Once HSBC employees sign up to volunteer, it is important to performa background check on each individual since they will be working with children.Schools in the U.S. will require this and it is imperative that it is done.Photo: National Wildlife FederationSchool and Volunteer TrainingOnce there are schools and volunteers on board, the next step is to provide trainingso both groups have a good sense of what the program is about and how it can beimplemented. In North America, a series of online mini-courses were developed byNWF through Wildlife University, NWF’s distance learning platform. The courses reviewthe Eco-Schools program (Eco-Schools 101) and provide training on climate changeissues and solutions and how to talk with students appropriatelyabout climate change. These online courses offer a way to reducethe time required for in-person trainings by providing schoolrepresentatives and volunteers a chance to get up to speed onthe issues in advance.Our on-the-ground training consisted of three hours of focusedtime for the school representatives and volunteers together.We found that bringing the two groups together providedopportunities for them to begin to connect. If you do thesame, gear the training to both audiences and be sure that allparticipants leave the training with a clear understanding oftheir roles and potential opportunities.The trainings are designed to help participants understand the goals of the Initiative,how Eco-Schools and the Initiative work together, and to share additional informationon two key Eco-School steps — how to perform energy/carbon assessments and actionplanning. These two Eco-School steps were included to ensure that the participantscould go back to their schools and accomplish both steps.Continued

Windom Elementary SchoolWindom Elementary is a small grade K-5 school in Orchard Park,NY that joined the HSBC Eco-Schools Climate Initiative in 2010.Windom is a good example of how young children can addressthe issue of climate change in an age-appropriate manner.Several first- and second-grade classrooms piloted a newEco-Schools curriculum every week. As part of this, studentsexplored new issues and developed projects on such topics ashow to be green at home, the history of the environmentalmovement, trash-free classrooms, and a play that was presentedto parents at the end of the school year. They also planned andbuilt two raised garden beds in the school courtyard where theygrew vegetables and learned about the environmental benefitsof eating locally. Students also learned about composting andhave implemented a composting program for the school. Futureprojects include designatedwalk-to-school days, lightsout days, and researching thefeasibility of creating a greenroof and adding solar energy.Students also have learned aboutcomposting and have implementeda composting program for theschool.The Nichols SchoolBoth the students and faculty wereeducated about the environmentaland economic benefits of usingtap water instead of bottled water.The Nichols School is a grade 5-12 independent schoolin Buffalo, NY. Nichols’ major focus is to implement aprogram that shows how small changes in behavior canhave measurable benefits to the school, community, andenvironment. To do this they focused on the issue of reducingthe number of plastic water bottles used and discarded oncampus and in the local community. To start, both studentsand faculty were educated about the environmental andeconomic benefits of using tap water instead of bottled water.The students then developed a campaign named “Plastigone,”the goal of which was to work with nearby schools andbusinesses to reduce single-use plastics in daily work andschool settings. This year Nichols is exploring ways toprovide water fountainssized for filling waterbottles in the school.

“Our HSBC volunteerhas been verysupportive and helpfulin the early stages oftrying to figure outhow to start and planour project. He alsohelped us to writeour seed grant andwill no doubt be aneven bigger help aswe move along on alarger scale.”– HSBC Teacher,Buffalo, NYParticipants were also introduced to the Zerofootprint Challenge for Schools, anotherpartner in our collaborative Initiative. Zerofootprint Challenge helps schools tomeasure, compare, and track their environmental footprint. The Challenge can thenhelp schools complete their audit as part of the Eco-Schools energy and climate changepathways, while the online tools can help schools monitor their progress. It also buildsupon students’ competitive spirit by helping them to locate other Eco-Schools in theirdistrict, city, state, or country and compete against them to see who can reduce theirenvironmental footprint the most.As part of the training, participants also received additional resources includinginformation about a key benefit — the opportunity to apply for a 500 seed grant tohelp implement their program. To receive the grant, schools submitted a summaryof how the funds would be spent and provided a written final report at the end ofthe school year on the status of their project and the successes and challenges theyencountered. For many schools, this seed grant provided a much needed source offunding to help cover the costs of tools for energy audits, buses for field trips, plants/soil for gardening, and other items that they would normally not be able to obtainwithout this support.Upping the Excitement: School Competition!School competitions can invigorate the learning process. Thus, one of the final steps inthe Eco-Schools Climate Initiative is to compete against other schools in a competitionthat provides a visual representation of the school’s commitment and actions to tackleclimate change. The two program competitions that we have used are the Eco-Codeposter competition and the Making the Invisible, Visible video competition.Eco-Code Competition: The last stepin the Eco-Schools framework is creatingthe Eco-Code. The Eco-Code is a creativemission statement for your school anddemonstrates in a clear and imaginativeway, the school’s commitment toimproving its environmental performance.As a part of this Initiative, participatingschools were invited to participate inan Eco-Code poster competition whichdemonstrated the schools commitmentto tackling climate change with drawingsand statements. The two selected winners at national level (one from each agecategory) go on to compete in the international competition. Internationally, thecompetition aims to bring Eco-Schools worldwide closer together, motivating theparticipation and creativity of the students involved in the program.Making the Invisible, Visible: The Carbon Cube Competition: This competitionwas aimed at having students take a different look at carbon, a key component in theissue of climate change. For many students it is hard to visualize what carbon lookslike, because it is an invisible gas! This event challenged students to create a “onekilogram cube of carbon” and decorate the cube to demonstrate how their school wasreducing their carbon footprint. The cube then took a video journey through school ,helping others to better understand the role of carbon in climate change and how muchcarbon is produce in daily activities such as having classroom lights on for one hour.To see some examples of our video competition, check out our Schooltube channel atwww.schooltube.com/user/ecoschoolsusa.

St. Martin de PorresSt. Martin de Porres is a Catholic, co-educational grade9-12 school in Waukegan, IL. This year St. Martin de Porresearned an Eco-Schools USA bronze award for their work onenergy and reducing their carbon footprint. As part of theEco-Schools Carbon Challenge, the green team conductedan energy audit and used the Carbon Cube as a way to showothers what actions needed to be taken to reduce theircarbon footprint. The team also planned and implementeda school-wide Earth day celebration where all 300 studentsparticipated in environmentally related panel discussionsand learning sessions. Topics explored included local andorganic foods, native plants, corporate sustainability, freshwater initiatives, native species, and more. One studentsubsequently won an award for her efforts from the LakeForest Open Lands Association “Centerfor Conservation Leadership.”This year St. Martin de Porres earnedan Eco-Schools USA bronze awardfor their work on energy and reducingtheir carbon footprint.The Academy for Global CitizenshipStudents worked directly witharchitects to design and build agreenhouse and annex garden.The Academy for Global Citizenship (AGC) is a grade K-4 publiccharter school located on the southwest side of Chicago, IL.AGC believes that one of the best ways to fight climatechange is to teach students to respect the earth. Then, asstudents become active citizens, they will make choices thatare healthier for the planet, such as walking instead of driving,growing instead of paving, conserving energy, and investingin alternative energy. Over the past two years, AGC hasconducted energy and trash audits; incorporated a compostingprogram into their lunch program; integrated sustainabilityinto their curriculum; designed and built a greenhousewhere students worked directly with architects; and recentlyopened a satellite campus that included the development ofgarden and outdoor classroom opportunities for third- andfourth-graders. The new outdoor classroom was developedby teachers and students as well as parent volunteers, andincludes 17 raised beds. AGC has also recently developed theirown sustainability handbook that they are now sharing withother schools in the greater Chicago region.

The Al Raby SchoolThe Al Raby School for Community and theEnvironment is a grade 9-12 school in Chicago, ILThe students at Al Raby decided to focus on theconcept of urban habitat restoration in responseto climate change and are working to reclaimwhat little green space exists on and around theirurban campus. With prairie landscapes native tothis region, the student team decided to focuson planting several native prairie gardens to helpremove toxins and heavy pollutants from the air andthe soil. Students have also created a rain garden,introducing flood-tolerant plants and bioswales tohelp remediate the impact of increased weatherevents associated with the effects of climatechange.With prarie landscapes native to thisregion, the student team decided tofocus on planting native prarie gardens.The Abraham Lincoln SchoolThe Abraham LincolnElementary SchoolEco-Action team hasincreased in size fromjust a few students tomore than 20.The Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is a grade K-6 publicschool in Chicago, IL. Over the past two years, Lincoln hasactively worked to reduce their carbon footprint. Their EcoAction team has increased in size from just a few students tomore than 20, and last year they conducted an energy auditand explored the concept of alternative energy sources for theirschool. This year, the school improved their recycling programby adding juice pouches to the items they recycle;they now send them to Terra Cycle which providesa cash credit to the school. Students also workedto change school purchase policies and now theschool only utilizes recycled copy paper. Additionalprojects included creating a food garden to benefitthe hungry in Chicago, and conducting a wasteaudit for the lunchroom during which individualstudents took a personal pledge to reduce theirwaste at lunch. Lincoln will continue to reducetheir carbon footprint this year by expanding theirwaste reduction program to the rest of the school and utilizingthe results from their energy audit to determine priority actionsfor reduced energy use.

COLLABORATION YIELDS RESULTSPhoto: Al Raby SchoolPhoto: National Wildlife FederationThe HSBC Eco-Schools Climate Initiative has been working with schools inChicago, IL and Buffalo, NY since 2009. During this time, there have beenmany successes that both NWF’s Eco-Schools USA program and HSBCNorth America have been moved to share. This booklet is an attempt toshowcase some of those successes and to help inspire others to take part. This programhas demonstrated that non-profitorganizations, matched with corporatebusinesses, can inspire schools to addressand act upon sustainability issues suchas climate change. And, as schools findit harder to obtain funding for newprograms, collaborations like this allowschools to both expand their programmingand educate a generation of students inreal-life learning, helping them to makedecisions and act upon those decisionsto create change in their schools and local communities. For more information on thisprogram, please see our website at ive.aspx

HSBC Eco-Schools Climate InitiativeFor more information about the HSBC Eco-Schools Climate Initiativein the U.S. contact Liz Soper at soper@nwf.orgor visit: ive.aspxor www.eco-schools-hsbc.org

organizations. HSBC is marketed worldwide as ‘the world’s local bank.’ HSBC Holdings plc is the funder for this program. www.hsbc.com HSBC North America: HSBC North America Holdings Inc. is one of the 10 largest bank holding companies in the United States with

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