Truckee Students Create Annual Carbon Bingo Board

The image shows a grid of simple sketches depicting various objects, actions, and themes like nature, household items, and activities.

Every year, TDPUD celebrates Earth Day with our Carbon Bingo contest. This fun and educational competition encourages customers to take action and change their behaviors to live a more conservation-minded lifestyle. Players fill their bingo board by doing things like taking 5-minute showers or air drying laundry. The winner is announced at Truckee Clean-Up Day in June, and the prize is some kind of conservation-related equipment, like a portable induction burner or a battery power station.

Each year, local elementary school students in SWEP's sustainability clubs create all the bingo tile artwork. These talented young artists bring decarbonization to life with their illustrations of things you can do to conserve energy and water, like taking shorter showers, air drying laundry and turning off lights.

Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships (SWEP) Sustainability Clubs are offered at every school within the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District (TTUSD), providing students from elementary through high school with engaging, hands-on opportunities to become environmental leaders. In elementary schools, Green Teams empower young students to make their campuses more sustainable through interactive learning and action. Middle school students participate in Eco Action, where they deepen their environmental understanding, build civic responsibility, and promote a culture of sustainability. At the high school level, Envirolution encourages students to lead outreach and advocacy efforts, using creativity and collaboration to inspire change in their schools and communities. Learn more at www.4swep.org.