| Status | Seeking Partners | |
| Contact Information | Clayton Ellis Content Provider: Educator Peel District School Board Education: K-12 School Brampton, Ontario Canada Phone: 9058402328 clayton.ellis@peelsb.com | |
| Objective of Collaboration | Heart Lake Secondary School is a Gold Certified EcoSchool located in the Peel District School Board, just outside Toronto, Ontario. Students of the Environmental Club would like to host a conference where they share strategies that have been adopted by the school in order to achieve this status, as well as hear about strategies introduced by other schools to reduce their ecological footprint or help their facility adopt various sustainable solutions. They would also like to offer their experience and expertise to schools that may wish to improve ecological literacy and develop environmental practices. To learn more about the Ontario EcoSchool program check out the following link: http://www.ontarioecoschools.org/ Ontario EcoSchools is an environmental education program for grades K-12 that helps students develop both ecological literacy and environmental practices to become environmentally responsible citizens. Developed and run by school boards, Ontario EcoSchools also helps improve school building operations to reduce environmental impacts. It consists of four components: ecological literacy, waste minimization, energy conservation and school ground greening. | |
| Time Frame | December 2010 | |
| Target Audience | Education: Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12 | |
| Disciplines | Best Practice, Character Education, Community Interests, Family & Consumer Science, Sciences, Service Learning, Social Studies/History | |
| Technology | IP, |