Idle Free campaign posters

 

The Issue

If vehicles avoided idling by just three minutes a day, Canadians would collectively save 630 million litres of fuel, and $945 million in fuel costs over the year (assuming a fuel cost of $1.50/L). This would also save 6.3 billion kilograms of GHG emissions. The bottom line is that idling reduces engine life, wastes fuel and money, and generates emissions that are harmful to both human health and the environment.

Spread awareness that idling is not cool for the climate or our health. 

Project Overview

Create a poster or flyer to illustrate the impacts of vehicle idling, which can be used by the City of Surrey and various schools to send the message that idling is not cool.

Completed posters/flyers should contain information that communicates the reason(s) that it is important for drivers to shut-off the engine when idling for more than 10 seconds.

Plan for Action

Time committment

Individual:

7 hours to design and create

2 hours to organize displaying around your school

1/2 hour to scan and send to Your U-turn. 

Designing the posters:

  • Using the tool-kit below as a guide, create a poster that sends the message that your school is an Idle Free Zone. 
  • Inspired to use your own messages?  Stylize your poster with your own information relaying the importance of reducing vehicle idling.
  • Upload the images provided in the Tool-kit for use in your poster, or find your own images to work with
  • Rather go freehand?  Paint, draw, stencil etc. whatever you preference.  Take inspiration from the tool-kit images.

Sharing the message:

  • meet with your schools environment committee, student council, or office staff to coordinate distributing the poster around your school
  • Scan the poster and send to info@youruturn.org">info@youruturn.org to have your poster featured on the site.

Tool-kit

 Register here to access the tool-kit