Articles
Bats and White Nose Syndrome
May 2013
by Saari Grade 3/4 — Grosvenor Wentworth Park Elementary, Halifax, NS
Since the winter of 2006, white nose syndrome has killed more than 5.7 million bats in eastern North America. White nose syndrome is a disease caused by non-native fungus now found in lots of cave bats. Read More »
Saving the animals
May 2013
by Roza — Grosvenor Wentworth Park Elementary, Halifax, NS
The EcoKids at Grosvenor Wentworth Park Elementary School are helping the animals on our earth. Our goal is to share ways we can help with the students at our school. Read More »
Sonar 2 Voice
May 2013
by Harnoor, Grade 9 student — Christ The King Catholic Secondary School,
Georgetown, ON
Sonar 2 Voice (S2V) is a cause to help save the marine life in our oceans. These species are endangered and could potentially become extinct if we, as a society, don’t make important changes. Read More »
Creating Solar Energy to Heat our School Greenhouse
March 2013
by Anya, Alyssa, and Caleb, Grade 4 — Landmark Elementary School, Landmark, MB
Over the Christmas holidays, Landmark Elementary School (LES) students began collecting pop cans and bringing them into school. Students from grades 2/3 and 4/5 classes helped cut the tops off of the cans and wash them out. You might be wondering why we collected all of these pop cans! Read More »
GOOSE Landing at AMC
March 2013
by Ms. Jill Harris’s Grade 1/2 EcoReporters — A.M. Cunningham School, Hamilton, ON
At A.M. Cunningham School in Hamilton, when a student checks the GOOSE box, they are NOT looking for a big bird! Instead, they are getting some G.O.O.S.E. paper to write or draw on. Read More »
Save the Polar Bears
February 2013
by Harnoor, Grade 9 — Christ The King Catholic Secondary School, Georgetown, ON
Save wildlife and save yourself, think about the polar bear, what will it do when there isn't any ice, will you be there to bear the sight? – Anonymous. Read More »
Share your love with Mother Nature this Valentine!
February 2013
by Harnoor, Grade 9 — Christ The King Catholic Secondary School, Georgetown, ON
This Valentine’s Day, why not celebrate by being in love with Mother Nature?Read More »
Go Zero Waste This Summer
August 2012
by Harnoor, Grade 8 — Stewarttown Middle School, Georgetown, ON
Did you know that an average person living in Ontario produces approximately 385 kg of waste per year? In this article, I explore the depths of “zero waste,” the benefits of keeping stuff out of the landfill and what you can do to contribute to this futuristic practice. So what are you waiting for? Let’s get started!Read More »
Green Upgrade
June 2012
by Hafsa Mercan, and Mrs. Blackwood’s Grade 5/6 Eco-reporters — Terrace Bay, ON
Terrace Bay Public School has taken our 2011 garden ideas and extended it into an amazingly green new chapter for our outdoor education program. We started out with three raised garden beds and a small amount of seeds, Read More »
The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
June 2012
by Alexandra, Blaise, Jenna, & Tanner — Westcot Elementary, West Vancouver, BC
On May 17, 2012, the grade 4/5 class and both of the grade 3 classes from Westcot Elementary School participated in The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. This event happens all over Canada from B.C. to Nova Scotia. Read More »
Hot Lunch Comes to Westcot in New Ways
March 2012
by Alexandra, Blaise, Jenna, & Tanner — Westcot Elementary, West Vancouver, BC
Westcot Elementary is trying to make sure that not only is the school being eco-friendly but our hot lunch vendors are eco-friendly too. The vendors for hot lunch include Euphoria Caters, Sushi Katsu and Magic Lunch Box.Read More »
Celebrating Salmon
November 2011
by Alexandra, Blaise, Jenna, & Tanner — Westcot Elementary, West Vancouver, BC
On October 27th 2011, the grade 4/5 class from Westcot Elementary, West Vancouver, walked to Brothers Creek, where there was a viewing platform, to learn about salmon. We learned about its lifecycle, habitat, and how it’s an important resource for British Columbia. Read More »
10.10.10 to 10.10.11
November 2011
by Harnoor, Grade 8 — Stewarttown Middle School, Georgetown, ON
On October 10th, 2010, at 10 a.m., I took a positive step forward on the journey towards biodiversity. I walked as a POWER (Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources) Read More »
Stay Cool, Stay Green!
October 2011
by Harnoor, Grade 8 — Stewarttown Middle School, Georgetown, ON
On a recent summer drop-in-session at Willow Park Ecology Centre, the summer day campers, WPEC officials and I played some games that can easily be enjoyed anywhere. Read More »
How to Be Green Wise!
June 2011
by Harnoor, Grade 7 — Stewarttown Middle School, Georgetown, ON
I believe that our love of Mother Nature is always within us but how we express it and care about it matters. For example, I walked to school from grades 1–5. Bad weather conditions only made me more committed and a stronger person who cares about the environment. Read More »
Time to “Pitch–In”
May 2011
by EcoReporters — Heritage Heights School, DeWinton, AB
Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if everybody littered and no one picked up garbage? Read More »
Earth Month
May 2011
by EcoReporters — Pictou Landing First Nation School, Pictou Landing, NS
Earth Day is so important to Pictou Landing First Nation School that we had an EARTH MONTH! For the month of April the Eco-Kids came up with a different theme for each week. Read More »
How I Celebrated My Earth Day!
May 2011
by Harnoor, Grade 7 — Stewarttown Middle School, Georgetown, ON
My Earth Day celebrations started at the beginning of the year in January, 2011. I pledged to myself that I would make every single effort to reduce waste, recycle, use things made from recycled products and carpool more often. Read More »
If I can do it, then you can do it, too!!
April 2011
by Harnoor, Grade 7 — Stewarttown Middle School, Georgetown, ON
I am the founding member of the Green Team at Stewarttown Middle School (Stewarttown). With regards to establishing a Green Team at Stewarttown, I also contacted many professionals as well as doing my own research so that I would have adequate background to ask important questions when the opportunity arises. Read More »
Recycle Month
March 2011
by Shaylynn — Pictou Landing First Nation School, Pictou Landing, NS
In December the Pictou landing First Nation School decided to make December a “Recycle Month.” All activities around Christmas had to have a recycle theme. Read More »
Walking School Bus
January 2011
by Pavreet and Vidhi — Roberta Bondar Public School, Brampton, ON
Wednesday November 24, 2010, an ordinary walk to school for the kids of Roberta Bondar P.S.. This innovative activity was first created to bring awareness to pollution created by our cars. Kids can walk to school then are entered in a draw to win some cool prizes, encouraging them to walk more. Read More »
Let’s Stop Litter in Our Community
January 2011
by EcoReporters’ students — Pictou Landing First Nation School, Pictou Landing, NS
It’s really important to not litter because litter is really bad for the environment, people and animals. Animals can eat the litter on the ground and get sick and die. Read More »
Oscar’s Update
December 2010
by EcoReporters’ students — Golden Horn Elementary School, Whitehorse, YK
A mechanic at Mic Mac Motors gave me some good ideas and reminders to tell our parents to make sure that our cars are in good shape for winter Read More »
Winter Reminders...
December 2010
by Logan and Jaana — Golden Horn Elementary School, Whitehorse, YK
Without meaning to, people are polluting the earth’s atmosphere. It is not good because the atmosphere gets taken apart bit by bit. We need the atmosphere Read More »
B.I.T. - Bird Identification Tally
June 2010
by Breanna, Calvin, Brandi, and Nikyta — Haldane Elementary School, Chase, BC
Haldane Elementary took part in the SEEDS BIT Challenge in the month of May. Haldane has taken part in this challenge for the past 15 years. We have noticed a change Read More »
Earth Day Assembly
June 2010
With notes from Tosca and Cheyane — Haldane Elementary School, Chase, BC
This year’s theme was “Think Globally—Act Locally”. Our day began with an assembly at 8:45 a.m. for the whole student body. The event was welcomed by Peter Michel Read More »
Comment quatre familles protègent l‘environnement
May 2010
by JBT School, Fort Smith, NT
Brownwyn : « Ma famille utilise des ampoules fluorescentes. Elles économisent plus d’énergie que les ampoules ordinaires. Aussi, ma famille éteint les lumières et le téléviseur quand ils ne servent pas. Nous fermons le robinet quand nous nous brossons les dents. » Read More »
EcoReporters Share Annual Earth Month Recycling Event
May 2010
by The Grade 4 Earth Month Committee — Terry Fox Elementary School, Laval, QC
The Grade 4 Earth Month Committee at Terry Fox Elementary School in Laval, Quebec had great fun organizing a very important event Read More »
April Showers
April 2010
by Kaitlynn, Gr. 6 — Westglen Elementary School, Edmonton, AB
In the month of April the Westglen Earth Patrols concentrated educating others about on conserving water and the importance of water. They did conservation education Read More »
Recycling Committee in Terrenceville, Newfoundland
April 2010
by Nicholas — St Joseph Elementary School, Terrenceville, NL
St. Joseph’s All Grade supports a great recycling program. This program is run by our students, Brooke Watson, Stacey Lavhey, and Rebekah Kearley, with the assistance of Read More »
Going for Gold
February 2010
by Zoe, age 9 — Haldane Elementary School, Chase, BC
“Going for Gold- Earth Status V” was our goal all of last year and in November we got a trophy for reaching 5000 activities before the 2010 Olympic Games! We are Read More »
No Place for Garbage
February 2010
by Grade 5 student — JBT School, Fort Smith, NT
A problem in town is garbage. In the summer there is garbage on the side of the roads and in the ditch. There are bottles and plastic bags. Read More »
Survey Says
February 2010
by Westglen Earth Patrols — Westglen Elementary School, Edmonton, AB
The Grade 6 Earth Patrols have been working for years in the school and the community promoting different environment action projects. Read More »
