The CL Standard

Resources are organised here in exactly the same way as the Carbon Literacy Standard. If you are struggling to explain or demonstrate or meet the requirements of a particular section of the Standard (when completing your Criteria Checker for example) simply find the corresponding section of the Resources and click through. Each link opens in a new tab or window for ease of navigation.

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CORE ELEMENT 1: LEARNING METHOD
1.1 “Local” Learning
1.2 Delivery by Peers
1.3 Group Enquiry
1.4 Positivity

CORE ELEMENT 2: KNOWLEDGE
2.1 What Greenhouse Gases are, and their relationship to weather and climate
2.2 How climate here and elsewhere is likely to change, and how we know this
2.3 How changes in the climate are likely to affect us in Manchester, in the UK and in other parts of the world
2.4 How our actions impact on the amount of greenhouse gases produced and the impact that they have
2.5 What we can do to reduce our impact and the benefits and disadvantages of taking action
2.6 What we are already doing locally and nationally
2.7 Where we can go to get help. What help is available to us in Greater Manchester
2.8 How we can motivate others to take action, including gaining the confidence to express our Carbon Literacy to others

CORE ELEMENT 3: VALUES
3.1 The action of individuals can and does make a difference
3.2 We need to work with others to create change
3.3 Overall, the outcome of the changes we need to see can lead to a better world and a better way of life
3.4 Equity and Fairness now and in the future, underlies the changes that we want to see in Manchester, the UK and globally

CORE ELEMENT 4: ACTION
4.1 Create at least one significant action personally to reduce their personal carbon footprint
4.2 Create at least one significant action involving other people to reduce the collective footprint of their workplace, community or place of education