Elginburg Grade 4/5 Students Fight to Ban Two Single Use Plastics across Ontario
Posted on: 01 Mar 2021Action: They voted to ban polystyrene used for food and drink as well as single use plastic shopping bags. Then they composed a petition for Ontario and another for the city of Kingston. We received over 2000 physical signatures for Kingston, and over 1600 s...
Read MoreWater Themed Building Nature Connection Eco-Event
Posted on: 05 Sep 2017Action: We worked on an interactive environmental sustainability project that connected with our WD@S Project/Film. Each of our teams researched a specific issue and created a display for our fair. We then created a stop-motion film for the WD@S contest.
Read MoreGreenway School Indigenous Gardens
Posted on: 06 Jul 2017Action: For our action we have outdoor raised flower beds (to attract and promote urban wildlife), community gardens (to feed/provided healthy snack to our nursery and kindergarten programs. We allow students and families access to space and opportunities to...
Read MoreDDS Goes Green
Posted on: 06 Jul 2017Action: We planted 200 marigold seeds and fed our worms 4-5 cups of compost a week. We hope to have several worm farms, perhaps one in each class in the future/
Read MoreSt. Mary Elementary School’s Buddy Bench Project
Posted on: 30 Oct 2015Action: Students at St. Mary school have been working on a project to help foster friendship. The 'Buddy Bench' was built to create a safe place in the school yard where students can go when they have no one to play with. This alerts other children to recogn...
Read MoreArts Alive Up Cycled Craft Event
Posted on: 27 Nov 2014Action: With the money made at our up cycled craft sale, we will be buying personalized stainless steel water bottles. On one side people will be able to have their name written on the bottle and on the other side we will put a statistic about plastic and ho...
Read MoreCoulson Community Garden
Posted on: 27 Nov 2014Action: Student involvement and engagement in this project is extremely important. As a way to start to raise awareness about the garden, our grade 7s will do an inquiry project to find out how to plan a food garden, what kinds of fruits, vegetables, and her...
Read MoreWe Got Worms! Vermiculture at Holy Family
Posted on: 27 Nov 2014Action: Our students will be involved in lessons (provided by LSF) leading up to the building of the vermicomposters. When we have a good base knowledge, we will continue to expand our knowledge through the construction and the monitoring/tracking of how wel...
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