Milene Domingues, a Brazilian footballer, did the longest ever keepy-uppy with 55,198 touches of the ball.
Now try "keepy downies": the task is to turn your thermostat down by 1 degree. Then warm up by seeing how many keepy uppies you can do in 1 minute.
What difference does it make?
Heating uses 60% of our home energy. Most British household thermostats are set above 21°C. By turning down by 1°C your carbon footprint will come down and so will your heating bills.
This activity lowers your carbon footprint by:
7.6 KG CO₂
What do you need?
- A football
- An extra jumper for everyone
- And find your boiler thermostat
Step by step
Check the highest temperature your thermostat is set to throughout the day. If it's over 20 °C, you should be able to save a lot of energy when you turn it down.
Turn your thermostat down by 1°C throughout the day. Try not to turn it back up again. It may take a day or two to get used to.
Now get one of your team to grab a football and time them for a minute doing keepy-uppies. Count how many they can do.
Create an online collage of your thermostat turned all the way down and you doing keepie uppies! Keep it up!
Need Help?
If you don't have a thermostat, it's hard to control the heat in your home. Most homes will have one somewhere - have you got a friend who is a plumber or electrician who could help sort out one for you?
Turning down your daytime temperature by one degree is enough to score a goal. You will have a greater impact and save more if you do it at night as well!
Everyone is different, but a healthy room temperature is around 20 degrees. You can quickly get used to different temperatures. Sometimes it's as easy as wearing a jumper inside.