Youth Green Jobs/Energy Audit Training Program Sharing What We’ve Learned With Our Community

1. Youth Green Jobs/Energy Audit Training Program Sharing What We’ve Learned With Our Community • 1. Planning A Youth Energy Audit Training Program: Youth CAN planned, and ran a comprehensive paid green jobs/energy audit training program for teens from schools across the Commonwealth in the summer of 2011. The program taught teens about energy and trained teams to conduct simple energy audits at their school or community center. NEED kits and info books were used. Youth participants were paid wages for participation in the program. • 2. Partnering with Energy Professionals & Running the Summer Program (16 days): Youth CAN contacted and partnered with energy professionals and energy service organizations to deliver the summer training program. • 3. Forming Energy Audit Green Team & Conducting 5 youth-led energy audits: Youth CAN reached out to and worked with additional energy professionals to support the student program participants as they formed audit teams in the fall and began work to arrange audits for their facilities, and then create energy action plans. • 4. Organizing & Hosting An Energy Showcase: Youth CAN students wrote to city officials and energy professionals as part of organizing and hosting an energy showcase event on December 14th 2012. Attendees included energy professionals from five partner energy organizations, all student green jobs participants, city officials, and the Secretary of Energy for Massachusetts, Richard K. Sullivan. Youth program participants presented the findings of their energy audits and their energy action plans. Funding for the program was secured by Youth CAN.

2. Program Overview The program ran for four weeks at Boston Latin School Students: • Explored energy, climate change, and how to conduct an energy audit • Engaged in practice • Learned how to develop an energy action plan based on practice audit findings • Learned team building and leadership skills • Learned how to develop a simple website • Practiced presentation skills (PowerPoint) outlining practice audit findings and energy action plans Students learning and presenting during the program

3. Why? Youth CAN wanted to: • Demonstrate the power of youth leadership and youth green jobs as part of an effective strategy for creating greater energy efficiency and a more sustainable energy future. • Provide under-served youth with the resources and skills they need to explore green jobs and conduct energy audits. • Engage communities in energy conservation and reduce energy consumption in these communities. • Foster youth leadership for environmental stewardship.

5. Program Presenters *Youth CAN students contacted all presenters and secured their participation in the program for free Rouwenna Lamm Alliance of Climate Education • Energy connections to climate change Debbie Fitton Cape Light Compact • Intro to energy & energy systems using NEED Kits Steve Di Giocomo Energy Management Assoc. • Practice Audits HVAC Sergio Mazon Mazon Lighting Design • Practice Audits Electrical &Water Erin Taylor Mass Energy Consumers Alliance • Trained students to create an energy action plan Ron Gwaizda (TrIntuition) • Training in web content development using TrIntuition technology

6. Practice Audits During the SummerTraining Students learning about energy with Sergio Mazon (Mazon Lighting Design) on a practice audit of Boston Latin School Discussing BLS’s 28-panel PV array Exploring energy Looking at BLS’s roof Examining BLS’s heating

7. Teen Participants Youth Green Jobs/Energy Audit Training Program Video! Watch It At This Link! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HvuxZXg8IM&feature=player_embedded

8. Summer Training Celebration • On 08/11 program participants presented recommendations for reducing Boston Latin School’s energy consumption that had resulted from their practice audit findings. • Boston City Councillor John Connolly addressed participants and awarded Boston City Council Resolutions commending the program and participants A participant recommending his facilities improvements for BLS A participant presenting her energy suggestions for BLS Student Participants with John Connolly

9. Success Measurement + Impact • Secured funding for the 2011 Summer program ($9,000) • Engaged ten program participants from 10 schools in Massachusetts • All participants completed the summer training program • Formation of green teams a participants’ schools and community centers • Partnered successfully with local energy professionals • Completion of 5 energy audits (for each two person team) • Completion of 5 energy action plans, • Completion of energy showcase display boards and Powerpoint presentations • 12/14 Energy Showcase with students presentations to the Secretary of Energy regarding their audit findings and energy action plans • Continued funding of program 2012!

10. Support for Teams & Program • All 5 of the teams successfully completed their audits and created energy action plans. • The Stoughton Journal wrote a story on the Green Jobs program. • The Green Jobs program was also highlighted in a segment on the Boston Neighborhood News Network (BNNC). • We plan to continue the program next year, with possible funding through a grant we are seeking • The program received support from important individuals such as Secretary Sullivan, Phoebe Beierle (BPS), James Hunt (Boston’s Chief of Energy) • In the fall, BLS Youth CAN members provided ongoing support for the student teams (which were at other schools) connecting them with professional auditors from Constellation Energy • Onsite adult advisors were also enlisted to support each team in planning and conducting audits at their schools or community centers • Each team created a Powerpoint with audit report and energy action plans and presented them on 12/14 at BLS • Teams were awarded final paychecks after completion of audit and presentation The BNNC segment highlighting the green jobs program http://youtu.be/8Vs0IoDmucQ

11. Example of sides from the teams’ presentation on their audits and action plans.

12. 12/14 Energy Showcase STUDENTS: • Wrote invitations to speakers & all attendees • Prepared promotional materials for the event • Prepared a media release • Organized the logistics and refreshments Guest speakers: • Richard K. Sullivan, Secretary of Energy for Massachusetts • Phoebe Beierle, Boston Public Schools Sustainability Coordinator • Lynne Mooney-Teta, BLS Headmaster • Matthew Bruce, City of Boston Green Jobs Program http://www.blsyouthcan.org/BLS_Youth_C.A.N./Green_Jobs.html

13. Moving Planet Energy Rally Why? To educate about the importance of renewable energy! We worked for weeks creating costumes, signs speeches, and then rallying other youth to march with us at this energy rally

14. Moving Planet Energy Rally

15. 9/24 Moving Planet Rally Declaration of Independence from Fossil Fuels Above: Youth CAN “Founding Fathers” On Stage Making Speeches About their Declaration - Hear Performance Live here including songhttp://www.youtube.com/watchv=p4rO_jvhaOk&feature=bf_next&list=UU5Et1D3QWW3dEj6rLmHeeLQ&lf=plcp

16. 1/20/12 Presenting Our Proposal To The Mayor

17. 2012 - Furthering Our Shared Green Roof Proposal Talking Up The Roof’s Energy Saving Features At City Hall & The School of the Future Design Competition BLS Youth CAN members met at City Hall with Boston Mayor, Thomas Menino, Jim Hunt, the Chief of Energy and Environmental Services, Martha Pierce the Education Director, and Khadijah Brown, the Director of Boston Public Schools Facilities Department. The student team presented their vision for the shared green roof on top of Boston Latin School. Youth CAN asked for support from the City to move this project forward. Mayor Menino said the next step is to involve the broader community in the project. BLS Youth CAN then scheduled and hosted a community visioning session at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

18. 3/30/12 Community Visioning Event For The Boston Sustainability Center/Shared Green Roof Purpose: Engage Students and Educators across the Greater Boston community in becoming stakeholders & future users of the Shared Green Roof & its proposed Clean Energy Technologies • Youth CAN Students Presented Overview of Their Shared Green Roof Project Proposal • New England EPA Administrator, Curt Spalding Offered Welcome • BPS Facilities Director, Khadijah Brown Discussed Energy Savings & Educational Benefits • Youth Attendees Outlined How They Hope to Use the Energy Features on the Roofscape • Youth Task Force Was Formed to Further the “Boston Sustainability Center” Goals • Gardner Museum Provided Event Venue and Art-Making Materials

19. 3/30/12 Community Visioning Event For The Boston Sustainability Center & Shared Green Roof Administrator Spalding Visioning Activity Youth CAN Presenting Youth Attendees: Boston Latin School (host), The Emerald Necklace Conservancy, The Green Academy, The John D. Tobin School, The Boston Nature Center, Boston Latin Academy, The Food Project, Boston Mobilization, Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness, The Boston Youth Environmental Network, Madison Park H.S.

20. Cutting Energy & Emissions : The Digester Initiative Background Food waste includes uneaten portions of meals and trimmings from food preparation. It is the second largest component of generated waste by weight and the largest component of discarded waste by weight. Estimates of the amount of food waste Americans generate vary widely. But a study by the University of Arizona Garbage Project shows a per-person food scrap rate of 1.3 pounds per day or 474.5 pounds per year. Action Plan • Youth CAN has launched a campaign to get a digester at Boston Latin School to handle cafeteria food waste. The BioGreen 360 is an on-site organic waste decomposer that is a self-contained organic waste disposal system. It converts organic waste into a reusable organic bi-product which is 10-20% of its original weight. The resulting compost can be directly applied to gardens. • Key Benefits: • •Eliminates energy from transport to landfills and harmful methane 
•Cost effective & sustainable 
•No solids or waste by-products sent to the sewer system 1) Project Plan Digester Project • Review the lessons from our successful Zero-Sort Recycling program and meet with Casella Waste Systems who helped pilot the Zero-Sort program to see if they would assist with the Digester Project • Tour a working Digester installation with Casella and Bio Green reps to see how it works (at One Financial) • Brainstorm and create a detailed plan for the Digester Project including researching and selecting the specific equipment we want to install, and devising a plan for measuring the effectiveness of the project (lbs of waste recycled – lbs of compost created for local growers). 2) Outreach, Support, and Fund raising • Raise money to lease the Digester ($2,000 needed for a 5 month Pilot) • Identify users for the compost we will create (Allendale, Green City) • Present our plans to BLS administration, BPS Food Services Department and BPS Facilities Department to get permission to implement the project (accomplished) 3) Education and Next Steps • Plan a Zero Food Waste Trial Education Event (Energy Teach-In) • Work to meet the Facilities Department requirements for an outdoor enclosure • Raise additional funds to construct the outdoor shelter for the Digester GOAL: Youth CAN is committed to promoting educational goals that will contribute to the transition to a sustainable society by equipping students with the necessary information, skill sets, and understandings, and habits of mind that will prepare them to live responsibly and within the means of nature. Our latest sustainability initiative focuses on saving energy by cutting food waste miles and educating about the interrelated, interconnected issues of food production, consumption, and food waste management. Digester Team

21. Fair Trade Fundraiser & Digester Meetings Emissions Data from our Zero-Food Waste Trial Food Services Meeting Fair Trade Fundraiser Meeting With Casella $2,400.00 Raised! Meeting With Facilities Digester Site Visit Digester Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiWzZh1X8tE&list=UU5Et1D3QWW3dEj6rLmHeeLQ&index=2&feature=plcp

22. 2012 Valentines’ Day School Wide Energy Teach-In 60 Classes Participated! Our faculty participation Thermometer

23. Valentines’ Day School-Wide Energy Teach-In Youth CAN helps Younger grades Use Watt Meters In Earth Science Classes for Teach-In Weighing Trash BLS Youth CAN is promoting a zero food waste trial as part of this year’s Annual Teach in on Sustainability and Global Climate Change Solutions that takes place on Valentines Day at BLS. This will give us an opportunity to see how much removing the food waste reduces our trash and to document the volume of our food waste in advance of getting the onsite digester.  For the trial period, all food waste will be collected by Casella Recycling and taken offsite to be composted. We'll also be doing a trial with compostable trays on Valentine’s Day, as well as showing screenings of the Movie "Trashed" in 025. Pease discuss the environmental and energy saving benefits of this trial with students. We met with Casella Recycling 10 times this year to plan the zero food waste trial & pursue plans for a Digester

24. Valentines’ Day School Wide Energy Teach-In Composting Lunch Trays! Zero Food Waste Endless Signs & Posters Monitoring Food Bins Delivery of the Compostable Trays

25. Ryan Gosling “Hey Girl” Energy Posters For Teach-In Putting Up Ryan… Slaying them with Ryan

26. 2012 Valentines’ Day School-Wide Energy Teach-In Helping in 7th Grade Classes With Plug Load Curriculum For the Energy Teach-In Partnering with Casella and EOMS To Get Food Waste & Compostable Trays Picked Up for Delivery to Composting Sites

27. Mentoring About Energy With 4th, 5th & 6th Graders E. Everett, Philbrick & Denver McCormack Mini Energy Expo @ the Philbrick Environmental Radio PSAs @ Denver McCormack Filming A Video at the Everett

28. International Energy Outreach 10/20/11 – France BLS Youth CAN Oxygen Award Video on Emissions Reduction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o30lC6BOGHE&list=UU5Et1D3QWW3dEj6rLmHeeLQ&index=5&feature=plcp American Embassy Notre Dame HS Welcomes BLS Youth CAN Eco-Flag Exchange With Notre Dame Youth CAN Presenting At Les Respirations Checking Out Eco-Paris An International League of Green Youth Ambassadors, Launched at US Embassy, Paris The initiative seeks to engage students in school-based service learning projects related to energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation and the big ideas of sustainability (interconnectedness, systems thinking, equity, interdependence, etc.)   Whether students pursue grounds, facilities, or operational improvements, or work for the integration of lessons that will prepare students to live more sustainably, the student-led sustainability projects will use the school itself as a tool for enhancing learning and skill building for a more sustainable future, and work together as an international body to share best practices for school-based youth-led sustainability projects. http://www.blsyouthcan.org/BLS_Youth_C.A.N./League_of_Green_Youth_Ambassadors.html

29. Youth CAN Educating about Energy Rallies, Tabling Events & Festivals T-Rally, Green Fest, Ideas Challenge, Recycle Bowl, & More T Rally Goal: Persuade City not to raise public transit fares and reduce service. Such actions would result in more cars on the road, more energy being used, and increased emissions. We worked to educate the community about the importance of protecting T service. Tree Party Goal: To offset BLS emissions with carbon capture through a tree planting activity that educated about the need to save energy and now serves as a lasting reminder about conservation. The six apple trees we planted will also help save energy by reducing food miles! IDEAS Challenge Celebration Sunday April 29, 2pm - 4pm at MIT GOAL: To educate about the energy savings that each of these projects will yield. 3 BLS Youth CAN Teams:   Digester Team: Laura Dowd, Teezo Dang, Jordan Freundlich, Carol Bowe, Robbie Griffin, MIT Mentor - Daniel Prendergast SharedGreen Roof Team: Will Byrne, Eshe Sherley, Rebecca Park, Sydney Kyne, Anthony Betances, Nhu Le, MIT Mentor, Sebastien Neumayer Garden Team: Maddie Higgins, Janice Bautista, Steven Gingras, Adrianne Smith - MIT Mentor - Alexis Fischer  2 - 2:30 Teams display projects at individual tables & answer questions informally with visitors. MIT Mentors and other special guests provide feedback to teams on their projects 2:30 - 2:40 John Durant – welcome 2:40 – 4:00 Each Team presents  IDEAS Challenge project and receives award Recycle Bowl Goal: To remind students school-wide that recycling saves energy and removes waste from landfills. We partnered with the recycling club to collect and weigh trash, making signs, organizing students, making announcements, and posters. We didn’t win the competition, but we increased participation in recycling by a significant measure.

30. Energy Education & Outreach: MIT Summit, HHS, Japan Exchange, Rivers of Ice Hingham HS Presentation Goal: We were invited for HH’s Green Week. We presented to 225 students about our work on energy and then met with their student Green Team to share project strategies. Summit Partner Meeting: Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness. Workshops Will Include How to Save Energy with audits, composting, and school gardens. Rivers Of Ice Mural: David Breashears will take our mural to the Himalayas to raise awareness about how energy use around the world is melting glaciers. Japan Fulbright Program Student Environmental Exchange: A group of 45 students from schools across Japan visited to learn about our energy savings and to explore possible participation in our Annual Summit at MIT.