Why do an action project?
- To empower students to be changemakers in their community
- Students apply learning to real-life scenarios
- Students learn to be engaged citizens
- Students connect with mentors, neighbors and organizations in their communities
- Students learn and practice skills that prepare them for careers and public life
VEEP/NHEEP works directly with youth and student-teacher teams, helping them develop leadership skills and take action through energy and climate projects that help lower energy use and raise awareness about energy and climate issues. High school students, get involved through Youth Climate Leaders Academy.
Follow this link to find out what counts as an action project: What counts as an action project?
| Task | V/NHEEP offerings |
| Identify a problem to work on/area of interest | Action ETP: Pick a Project workshop |
| Explore: Gather and use relevant tools and resources to inform your understanding of the problem (and potential solutions) | Classroom Tools:Kits/equipment, content workshops, curricula, V/NHEEP educator consultation Community Resources: Meet with V/NHEEP project advisor to connect with community resources/energy consultants |
| Build a Team | Meet with a project advisor, get help identifying and reaching out to project stakeholders and allies |
| Plan: Apply new learning to identify your energy project i.e. solution to the identified problem | Project advisor can facilitate and consult, connect with community resources |
| Plan: Make a plan to address the problem | Project advisor can facilitate, connect with community resources |
| Act: Implement your plan | Project advisor can support in various roles and capacities |
| Impact: Report on your solution/progress to an authentic audience | Project advisor can help plan and identify audience, venues, funds and other needed support |
| Reflect: what might you do differently? | Project advisor can support |
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