TRUTH OR DARE STUDENT CHALLENGE
EcoAction Partners works with schools and youth to engage local families, motivate actions, and build life-long sustainability habits. We developed an educational challenge for kids and families in our community to reduce their carbon footprints, save money, energy, and waste.
HOW IT WORKS
An elective school program designed for 9-13 year olds, the Truth or Dare program teaches students about climate change, greenhouse gases, and how they can lower their carbon footprint and conserve resources. Over the course of a week, students are challenged to participate in "dares" such as unplugging electric gadgets when not in use, using reusable containers, and turning off lights when leaving a room. Students earn points for each sustainability "dare" they do while also learning the "truths" associated with them. These "truths" help explain the importance of these actions and how they reduce greenhouse gas emissions. EcoAction Partners then calculates the total greenhouse gas emission reduction from these actions and the top three students who reduce their emissions the most receive prizes. Many of the actions involve the whole family, helping the educational outreach amplify throughout the community.
2022 TOTAL Results
Over the spring and fall semesters in 2022, these were the accumulative results for all the schools that participated in the Truth or Dare challenge across San Miguel and Ouray Counties.
657
students participated across the San Miguel Region
30,172
dares were completed by students
17 Metric tons
of carbon dioxide emissions were saved
What Students Learned from the Challenge
“I learned that helping the world is easy and it is just the little things you can do to change the world!”
“I learned that it’s fun to take care of the earth and that if we take care of it we can make it last longer!”
