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.
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.
The project combines in-class learning with outdoor education, connecting the standard Ontario curriculum with First Nations ways of knowing.
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.
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.
While environmental education is always a priority, Earth Day (April 22) presents an opportunity to highlight the environment as an important global issue.
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.
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.
Members of provincial parliament met with ETFO presidents and executive members at an informal breakfast gathering.
Re: EcoSchools October 2009
December 10, 2009