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Welcome
Ontario EcoSchools is an environmental education program for grades 1-12 that helps students develop ecological literacy while engaged in practices to become environmentally responsible citizens. Developed and run by school boards, Ontario EcoSchools also helps improve school building operations to reduce environmental impacts. |
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May/June 2009 |
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EcoTeam at St. Henry, Toronto Catholic District School Board |
May and June are busy months for EcoSchools. We have received almost 600 applications from 29 boards and are deep in the process of auditing the applications and conducting site visits to selected schools across Ontario.
It's so rewarding for us to meet with students, teachers, custodians, and all the other wonderful people that make up EcoTeams. We enjoy hearing about your experiences and plans for next year and hope to share some of the stories here in our newsletter in the days ahead. Great work everyone!
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Sydenham High School, Limestone District School Board
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Lauren Hammond, a grade 12 student at Sydenham High School, and a "Minister of Communications", has found an environmentally friendly solution to writing PA announcements on paper that end up being discarded.
click here for more
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River Oaks P.S., Halton District School Board |
River Oaks P.S engaged renowned singer-songwriter, David Archibald to hold a bilingual environmental song-writing workshop for junior classes as part of a grant from the Community Foundation of Oakville.
click here for more |
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front and back of book mark, click to download |
Thank you to everyone who sent in their "good idea for 100 bookmarks". We received some great ideas on how to use the new Ontario EcoSchools bookmarks and we will be sending out bookmarks to the participating schools next week.
click here for bookmark uses |
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OPA's Energy Conservation Week is May 17-23. The week is a focal point of a four-month campaign that runs from a launch in April to a community challenge in August.
There are 100 energy-saving ideas for schools, homes and work as well as a pledge form on the Energy Conservation Week website. |
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St Lukes, Halton Catholic District School Board |
The Ontario EcoSchools newsletter shares the wonderful projects, events and ideas that are happening at EcoSchools across Ontario. Please distribute widely!
how to share your school's experience |
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Click here for past newsletters.
The information on this website is for information purposes. Please use your professional judgment in ensuring resources/activities meet your students' needs and your school's/board's policies.
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IN THE NEWS, June 2009: Enivronmental Education, Professionally Speaking, The Magazine of the Ontario College of Teachers
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PRESS RELEASE, Ministry of Education: April 23 2009: Ontario greens over 1,000 schools, Leading to over 5,500 jobs
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IN THE NEWS, CBC Radio One, Metro Morning, April 2009: Earth Day all year long at EcoSchools
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Ministry of Education: Acting Today, Shaping Tomorrow: A Policy Framework for Environmental Education in Ontario Schools
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NEWLY POSTED, March 2009: EcoSchools Bookmarks
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IN THE NEWS, March 2009: Eco School Smarts, greenlivingonline.com
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PRESS RELEASE, Ministry of Education: Feb 26 2009:
Making Education Greener:
McGuinty Government Promotes Environmental Education In Schools
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NEWLY POSTED: EcoSchools Waste Audit & Sample Audit
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past EcoSchools news
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