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Case study · Climate learning
Young Earth Heroes
A student-led responsible-consumption programme combining measurement, dialogue, practical action and peer learning.
The inquiry
How does awareness become agency?
The pilot used classroom conversations, footprint calculation, worksheets, meetups and student-led action.
Its design moves from learning and measurement to questioning habits, proposing solutions and sharing them with peers.
Stakeholders
Hero MotoCorp; participating schools; more than 1,200 students; teachers; parents; mentors and climate practitioners.
What the evidence said
Measurement created a starting point for conversation.
First use
More than 98% of calculator users were measuring their footprint for the first time.
Reported average
The educational calculator recorded an average of 4.6 metric tonnes.
Distribution
62.1% were classified high, 36.1% average and 1.8% low within the calculator’s framework.
Programme design
The strongest value lay in connecting personal measurement with discussion, action and peer exchange.
What followed
Build a pathway from number to behaviour.
The programme positions the footprint result as the beginning of inquiry, not a verdict—giving students a language for choices and a forum in which to test solutions.
Calculator results are self-reported educational estimates covering electricity, vehicle fuel and cooking gas—not audited whole-footprint measurements.