Go for Green!
Go for Green is a bi-annual event at Millgrove School that proves a small school can accomplish big things.
Environment
From One Tiny Seed: Growing With Our Butterfly Garden
It all began with one tiny seed. An outdoor hike to the nearby trail guided by Dale, the school’s environmental mentor from the community conservation authority, uncovered the gifts that nature brings as summer magically transitions into fall.
ETFO's New Home Achieves Highest Environmental Standards
In June, ETFO made history when we moved into our new home in downtown Toronto. The brand new four-story building will serve as an outstanding model for sustainable, efficient construction in the 21st century.
On the Blanket of Mother Earth: First Nations Environmental Education
The project combines in-class learning with outdoor education, connecting the standard Ontario curriculum with First Nations ways of knowing.
Ideas for Greening Your Classroom
Teachers and schools have a key role to play in our planet’s future. Environmental education is a key component for creating a generation of students who understand that each of us can powerfully affect the fate of the natural world, environmental systems and their sustainability.
Plant the Seed of The School Garden: In Conversation with Green Thumbs for Growing Kids Program Director Sunday Harrison
Early exposure to soil helps kids understand the source of life as being the natural world – sun, soil, rain, and plants – and to grasp this with all of their five senses, experientially.
Environment Matters
While environmental education is always a priority, Earth Day (April 22) presents an opportunity to highlight the environment as an important global issue.
A New Home for ETFO (From the General Secretary)
This month work will begin on a project that has been in development for several years. Demolition crews will begin tearing down an old building to make way for a new home for ETFO.
My Place Amongst Trees
Muskoka is an ideal place for an outdoor classroom. Algonquin Park lies just beyond our small town and its trees tower over the back of our schoolyard.
Your Federation
Members of provincial parliament met with ETFO presidents and executive members at an informal breakfast gathering.