Information for schools

Training package
The Cut the Carbon game uses a familiar format with carbon and lifestyle cards and kgCO₂ as an additional currency. The board is set out over a calendar year, with each square having a seasonal flavour. Each square on the board involves making a choice from 4 possible carbon outcomes. The small groups discuss and agree their decisions, then receive their answers from the teacher or trainer and mark their score cards accordingly. Players quickly understand that low carbon homes and lifestyles are the answer to managing their carbon allowance.

Cut the Carbon has been played in schools throughout the UK, with over 95% of pupils wanting to play it again and 98% making the link between climate change and their lifestyles.

The training is most effectively delivered by two Cut the Carbon trainers, each working with groups of 15 pupils and lasting up to two hours. If one trainer takes each class with a teacher, then 6 classes (180 pupils) and their teachers can be trained in one day. When we leave, we ensure that at least one teacher in each school we visit is sufficiently confident to be able to run the introduction and the Cut the Carbon game themselves. The introduction, teacher’s notes and lesson plans, 2 boards and game playing materials and a version for the computer are all left with the school to use again as part of the package.
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