Teachers and Pupils
Resources to calculate your school's footprint
Teachers can use the footprint materials in the classroom as part of the Eco-Schools programme. The School Footprint Calculator and Schools Footprint Resource are available to download on the Learning and Teaching Scotland website.
Local Footprints provides teacher training to use the footprint calculator and resources. Please contact Amie Fulton for more information.
Factors for Success Case Studies
Factor for Success case studies are available below to download. These case studies are based on eight schools who have had successfully begun to use the Schools Global Footprint Calculator to measure the size of their school's ecological footprint. They give information on what made measuring their footprint successful and, in some cases, how they have linked the footprint work into the curriculum.
Six key factors were commonly cited during the interviews as being key to successfully measuring a schools footprint - support; personal commitment; integration across the curriculum; ambition within Eco-Schools; Excellence within Eco-Schools; Time
West Kilbride Primary FfS Case Study #1
Carnock Primary FfS Case Study #2
Clachan Primary FfS Case Study #3
Inverkeithing High FfS Case Study #4
Kilcreggan Primary FfS Case Study #5
Lawthorn Primary FfS Case Study #6
Markethill Primary FfS Case Study #7
St Mary's Primary Hamilton FfS Case Study #8
Footprinting in Practice Case Studies
Hamilton Grammar School used footprinting to help pupils investigate how
global warming can affect people in developing countries at a personal level. Pupils developed as global citizens as they worked together in an enterprising way to find real solutions for real people. Download the Hamilton Grammar Case Study for details on this inspiring story.
Primary Schools
Markethill Primary School in Aberdeenshire, used the Schools Footprint Resource to initiate a successful project to cut down their water use by a massive 96%! The project linked with A Curriculum for Excellence and involved cross-curricular working, providing pupils and staff with real-life experiences. The school is now working on reducing its energy and waste footprints. You can find out more about the SchoolsFootprint Resource and download the Markethill Primary School Case study case study .
Pupils from Kildrum Primary School in North Lanarkshire presented their foootprint at the Learning Festival in Glasgow in 2007. Local Footprints spoke to the teachers and pupils involved in the project to discover how they are using the footprint materials. For more information download the Kildrum Primary School Case study case study.
Special Schools
Glencryan Special School in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire used the Schools Global Footprint resources to raise awareness about footprinting and build on healthy living initiatives in the school. The project gave pupils an opportunity to contextualise their learning about food and the environment. The school found that the food for a school lunch can travel as much as 360,000 miles! Heather Martin, S5 Teacher said, "Pupils were very surprised at just how far their food had travelled, which helped them to understand why the food they grew [in the school grounds] has such a low footprint." To find out how the school used the footprint resources take a look at the Glencryan School Case Study.
Secondary Schools
Bank Head Academy case study