Step+Backward+and+Forward+Sustainability+Game

If students want to do that 'take a step backwards/forwards' game, these are the indicators I used. I based these on items from an environmental group, but basically made the items up logically - please add and change:

**25 Steps Towards or Away From Sustainability:**
//**Home:**// If you recycle all paper, cans, bottles etc: +1 If you have a water tank: +1 If you recycle grey water (showers, washing machine, sink etc): +1 If you have long showers: -1 If you compost food scraps etc: +1 If you have installed solar power: +1 If you have a solar hot water system: +1 If you turn off lights when you leave the room: +1 If you switch off appliances at the wall (no stand-by power): +1 If you have a large flat-screen TV: -1 (for each one) If you have replaced incandescent lights with fluorescent lights: +1 If you have air-conditioning units: -1 (for each one) If you grow some of your own vegetables at home: +1 (+2 if you grow ALL your vegetables) If you have double-glazed windows: +1

//**Car/Travel:**// If you are driven to school by car: -1 If you're the only passenger: -1 (teachers: if you drive and have NO passengers) If you have a (large) 4-wheel drive car: -1 If you have been on an overseas trip in the last year: -2 If you have been on an interstate flight in the last year: -1 (for each flight)

//**Food:**// If you bring lunch from home: +1 If you bring lunch in a lunchbox (no waste): +1 If you use plastic bags from the supermarket etc: -1

//**School:**// If the school has solar electricity fitted: +1 If the school monitors water/electricity use: +1 If the school sorts and recycles paper, cans, bottles etc: +1