Healthy Earth Student Design Challenge
Global warming is now the number one concern for youth asked to reflect on the planet and its people. Fully 48% of students think about the environment once a week, with 11% thinking about it every day. But most students believe it’s not too late to save the planet – if we make changes now. (Lego Sustainability Research, 2021)
In 2021, Oregon Governor Brown signed an executive order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon by 45 percent of 1990 levels by 2035, and 80 percent by 2060 — among the most ambitious in the country. (Washington Post, 2021)
In order to meet carbon reduction goals, impactful innovations and new partnerships are vitally needed across many of Oregon's biggest industries: transportation, energy production, farming, and building.
In Construct’s Healthy Earth Challenge, we will connect your students with real people working on climate issues, from policy-makers, to farmers, to green builders to electric vehicle manufacturers.
Problem Starters for Students
FOREST CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION
How might we learn from our forests and invest in natural climate solutions?
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
How might we reduce carbon emissions by working with farmers and ranchers?
CLEAN AND EQUITABLE ENERGY
How might we bring clean energy to communities in an equitable way?
REDUCE WASTE
How might we first capture waste in order to reduce its effects of climate change?