EcoAction Challenge Winners

  GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Unionville Public School, Nature Buddies Outdoor Inquiry “We held a Nature Buddies outdoor inquiry and the whole school was involved! Kindies collected materials for ‘nature crowns.’ We built rafts to measure how fast our...

New Video: Getting Started!

This year we created a “Getting Started” video that follows Toronto Ouest in CS Viamonde through the annual cycle of their Ontario EcoSchools program. The video provides a ‘how-to’ overview that covers the six sections, tips for timing your initiatives, and ways to...

EECC Feature: Saint-Noël-Chabanel

Our congratulations go to Saint-Noël-Chabanel Catholic Elementary School in Cambridge (CSDCCS), the first Francophone school in Ontario to engage in the Experienced EcoSchools Certification Cycle (EECC). Saint-Noël-Chabanel adopted the EcoSchools program six years ago...

School Ground Greening in Niagara DSB

By Guest Writer, Melaina Gasbarrino, Ontario EcoSchools Assessor Spring has sprung and schools in the Niagara Region are showing off their beautiful School Ground Greening projects. Being on the road as an Ontario EcoSchools Assessor, I am awestruck at the variety of...

EcoAction Challenge Results

The June 1-5 EcoAction Challenge had 86 schools participate from 32 different school boards. Our panel of judges had a difficult time choosing between the many amazing entries, and after much deliberation arrived at the award winners. The grand prize goes to...