6 ways to fund the investment in your student’s future
The money is there… we just have to find it.
Reduce & reallocate
Introducing the Carbon Fee
Add to fees
Absorb into operational costs
Refocus PTO fundraising
Gain sponsorship from corporate
Reduce & then reallocate
Find reductions and the refocus this money
This has to be the first choice! As soon as you have calculated the cost per student of going carbon neutral then it is a relatively linear task to identify cost savings.
Get teachers involved
We’re only looking a few dollars a month per student and teachers are a great partners is identifying areas where low impact savings can be made.
We can help!
We have a load of experience in this task and we’d be more than happy to help you find the right was forwards for your school.
Copy the airlines & add a ‘Carbon Fee’
Forget 'Technology Fee' & welcome 'Carbon Fee'
Technology Fees are so 1990s! Why not get rid of your Technology Fee are replace it with a Carbon Fee.
Opt-in or opt-out?
Some schools may choose to offer an optional additional fee to regular fee structure. Parents can choose to opt-in or, it you prefer, you can make it an opt-out choice.
Exploit the feel good factor
Get your parents feeling good about themselves, the school and their world.
Cover residual
The money that is not covered by would need to be covered from your operational budget.
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Add to tuition fees
Include an increase to cover carbon neutrality
For some schools it may be as simple as adding 1% fee increase to the annual school fee.
Make it explicit and benefit
By clearly communicating the reasons for the increase we have found that it is easy for you get your parents onboard.
Absorb into your operational costs
Absorb, market & benefit
For profitable schools that have already got substantial reserves it may be as simple as absorbing the cost into your operational costs.
Use the moment to reduce & save
Once carbon neutral you can focus the conversation on reduction and so saving emissions and money!
Refocus PTO fundraising
Act local, think global... the perfect PTO project
If you can’t see a way to raise money through fees or savings, the next best place is probably you PTO/PTA.
Get community involved
The upside of this approach is that you will get your community driving towards a common goal.
Beware, this is a long term commitment!
The challenge here is to ensure that the commitment is a sustainable one that will last over many years. Not so easy sometimes!
Gain sponsorship from local corporates
Partner up for win, win
If you have a strong commercial entity in your community, or if your school is connected to a business or group of companies then this is a great way to go.
Strengthen bonds
By teaming up you can deepen your connect to your community and build bonds that go way beyond sustainability.
Our projects partner with the best in the business:
Together we make sustainable change happen
Tree planting and reforestation.
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Biomass based power project that generates electricity using rice husks
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Dual impact project
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The Ceará project has switched the fuel used by five ceramic factories
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This voluntary project provides improved cook stoves within Malawi.
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This initiative tackles one of the major causes of deforestation in Brazil: illegal logging
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- Renewable energy in Brazil
- Clean stoves project, Malawi
- Reforestation in Nicaragua
- Ceará energy project, Brazil
- PET recycling, Romania
- Biomass energy project, India
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