News & Stories

We are excited to welcome staff and students back to a new school year of eco-friendly actions! Here’s some key information to make your return a success: Curious about certification results from last year? View our gallery of stats from 2015-16. Want to promote your Ontario EcoSchools certification? Download logos here. Announcing the Climate Leadership […]

This year, we worked with the Jane’s Walk program on a school edition based on cityscapes in schools surroundings. The project came to fruition when two of our EcoSchools took part in this endeavour to engage them on environmental and urban issues within their community. We took part in the latest Jane’s Walk led by […]

This spring Ontario EcoSchools worked in partnership with the Ministry of Energy to collect and share stories about inspiring EcoSchools across the province. One story focuses on secondary students that were featured at summit talks at COP 21 and hosted a conference on the critical issue of algae blooms in Lake Erie. Another story features […]

Let your garden grow! Spring has sprung – and that means it’s time to start thinking about planting and maintaining your school garden! While the planning and planting stages are key to getting your garden off the ground, we wanted to share a few tips on maintenance, to get you thinking about how you can […]

This year we are celebrating 1,719* certified Ontario EcoSchools in 55 school boards! Congratulations to all the schools who participated in 2015/16: from bronze to platinum, we applaud your amazing eco-efforts. Valuable certification resources: check them out! Digital Seal: All schools that certify will receive an email with a digital seal (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum). […]

[photo_gallery id=”4506″]

Collaboration is big at École secondaire Hanmer and École publique Foyer-Jeunesse in Sudbury: so when Hanmer teacher Luce Lepage decided to participate in Ontario EcoSchools and she learned that her colleague Lynne Dubeau at Foyer-Jeunesse was interested too, the two schools came into the program as a pair.

Talk to any student in the halls of Victoria Terrace Public School in Fergus and ask them where energy comes from and you’ll get an informed, detailed answer. Chances are, they’ll have some good questions for you too.