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Reduce carbon footprint - Implementation of green screens in primary schools
Description of the action and objectives
Green Deal action
Part of the collaborative project Awareness Raising on Climate Issues in Primary Schools is the Green Screens project. The mission is to design and develop the so-called Green Screens, information screens in primary schools that convey data, knowledge, and education about the school's specific environmental issues for everyone to read and interpret. Information is presented about the school's carbon emissions along with the underlying causes, such as electricity consumption, transport, and waste generation.
The benefits of the project are diverse but mainly aim at strengthening school children in data-driven environmental literacy and their ability to think about climate and environmental issues in a critical, informed, and clear way. Collaborators in the Green Screen Project include Reykjavík City, Klappir Green Solutions, the environmental organization Landvernd, Sorpa, Associated Icelandic Ports (Faxaflóahafnir), the Slovenian meter manufacturer Iskraemeco, and primary schools in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.
Implementation period
Planned completion in the second half of 2024
Status: In progress
Status report on January 1, 2023
The system has been opened to Reykjavík City employees, ensuring access to raw data. We've discontinued the plan to install green screens in schools, shifting our focus towards using tablets instead. We aim to design a specialized interface for green screens, yet this project hasn't started due to lack of funding. The project still has to be systematically introduced and implemented in primary schools.
Older status reports
| Timing | Progress description | |
| July 2022 |
New implementation plan developed, approved, and launched. This is an ongoing project that will be in progress from 2022 to 2024. To monitor progress, a status assessment is made twice a year, at the end of the year and at the end of June. |
The actions of the Green Deal are linked to Reykjavík City's policies, which include:
Reykjavík City departments:
Related actions
Societal objective
- 1. For all of us The aim of Reykjavík City is to provide welfare services that promote the well-being of residents and ensure that Reykjavík is for everyone.
- 2. Let Dreams Come True The future vision of Reykjavík City is that through intensive school and recreation, children and adolescents acquire education and experience to realize their dreams and positively impact their environment and society.
- 3. Culture and arts become an integral part of city life The aim of Reykjavík City is to ensure equal opportunities for all residents to participate in and enjoy culture and arts.
- 4. Sports for all The aim of Reykjavík City is to encourage most residents to participate regularly in sports, physical exercise, or other physical activities.
- 5. Improved public health The public health aim of Reykjavík City is to create a health-promoting, sustainable, and diverse community that supports safety, equality, active participation, and well-being for everyone in the health city of Reykjavík.
- 6. Human rights, increased participation, and improved dialogue with residents Inclusion is the goal of Reykjavík City in human rights and democracy, giving residents the opportunity to work with the City to improve their living conditions and environment.