Involvement in a "big" community topic
"Big" topics such as climate change, energy consumption and conservation, waste management and water uses are all subjects students/schools can be involved in at local, regional, national and/or global levels. These are, by their very nature, topics that extend beyond a community but each embody a range of community responsibilities. Two aspects of these issues are central to student/school involvement:
- development of a broad understanding of the "big" picture
- recognition of the role that could be played locally in addressing the "big" picture